BILOXI, Miss. -- Keesler Federal Credit Union, announced Wednesday that John R. Goff is retiring as president and chief executive after spending some 30 years at the $2.3 billion institution and the last six years at the helm.
The credit union said Andy Swoger, previously vice president and chief financial officer of $1.5 billion Texans Credit Union in Richardson, Texas, has been named Kessler's new president and CEO.
Swoger graduated from Kent State University in Ohio where he majored in finance.
According to his LinkedIn Profile, Swoger also worked as VP of fixed income at Piper Jaffray and as senior investment officer at Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union, now a $3 billion institution based in Plano, Texas.
"John Goff carried the credit union to a new level of growth and member service," said Jim Hollingsworth, chairman of Keesler's board, in a statement. "We wish him and his family the very best in retirement. I have every confidence that Andy Swoger will continue our tradition as the best financial and mortgage institution on the coast and beyond."
Established in 1947, Keesler is the largest Mississippi-based CU in the state, With 23 branches located in Mississippi and Louisiana and three branches at U.S Air Force installations in the United Kingdom, it serves more than 193,000 members worldwide.
