Dave Roughton

Dave Roughton started working at SAFE Credit Union in 1999, holding the positions of vice president, CFO, executive vice president and COO before assuming his current role of president and CEO in 2016. A not-for-profit, cooperative, community-chartered financial institution, SAFE Credit Union employs more than 600 people in the Sacramento metropol- itan area. Roughton previously worked as audit and business consulting manager at Arthur Andersen & Co. An active leader in the credit union industry, Roughton is a board member of the California and Neva- da Credit Union Leagues. He also sits on the boards of Align Capital Region and The First Tee of Greater Sacramento. In 2019, the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce named Roughton its Businessman of the Year.