Tyrone Conde of Downey Federal Credit Union receives Tomorrow's Star Award

The 2019 California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues’ Tomorrow’s Star recipient Tyrone Conde of Downey Federal Credit Union.

DOWNEY — Tyrone Conde, vice president of marketing at Downey Federal Credit Union (DFCU), was among those honored recently at the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues’ REACH 2020 Conference.

Conde received the Leagues’ Tomorrow’s Star Award, which recognizes the achievements by young credit union professionals age 35 and under. He was honored during a virtual annual meeting and convention for the Ontario, CA-based trade association for the two states, held Oct. 26-Nov. 5.

Conde just began his credit union career when he joined DFCU in August 2017.  In the subsequent three years, the Downey resident has made an incredible impact to the credit union and the community. 

His many accomplishments include helping to increase credit union membership from predominately Hispanic communities by 52 percent since April 2019, overseeing the development of a Spanish-language version of the credit union website, and helping Downey Federal become the exclusive financial institution for the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration in Downey.

He also worked with the Downey Police and Fire Foundation to create an affinity debit card where their logo is on the DFCU debit card and a portion of the interchange income received is given back to the foundation.  This new program has given about $1,500 to the foundation.

In addition, he introduced to the credit union the interactive Bite of Reality financial education program offered by the Richard Myles Johnson Foundation, the state foundation for credit unions in California and Nevada. With the program, DFCU has so far reached approximately 2,500 students. He also launched the Money Smart Jr. program—an off-shoot of the Bite of Reality Program targeted towards elementary age students—which has reached about 2,000 students. He helped institute a Berenstain Bears Little Library, a small “library” in front of the credit union where residents can drop off or take books for free. 

 “He has extreme passion for what he does; he has learned so much about the industry in three years and he is a great voice for the credit union,” said Downey FCU President and CEO Ray Mesler. “With his passion, desire, and ability to learn and his overall business ethics, I see Tyrone playing a major role in credit unions for a very long time.”