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Sierra Central company history timeline

1955

Beale Credit Union opened in 1955 when fifteen members of the Air Force each invested one hundred dollars to form the credit union that would serve military and civilian personnel.

1963

The next step in our history took place in 1963 when the Shasta Cascade Credit Union was chartered in Redding, California.

1981

Beale and Shasta Cascade merged in 1981 forming what is now known as the Sierra Central Credit Union.

1991

Membership rose to 75,000 by 1991, assets increased to $182 million and the organization boasted a loan portfolio of $182 million.

1999

Assets continued to grow during the next five years, reaching $242 million in 1999.

Late in 1999, the Board of Directors took the first step in what some still call a miraculous recovery, hiring Ron Sweeney as a consultant for the financial institution.

2000

In January 2000 the Board of Directors, after an extensive national search, made another decision hiring, Great Western Bank / Washington Mutual Bank Manager, John Cassidy as Chief Executive Officer.

2006

The dynamic team they built provided the leadership needed to almost double the financial institution’s asset base from $242 million to $420 million by 2006.

2014

By the end of 2014, Sierra Central’s membership base was at 61,000.

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