Sandy Steward

Sandy Steward is the Chief Technology Officer of both Civic and Local Government Federal Credit Unions. In this role, Steward has made it her team's focus to plan for the future while meeting the technology needs of today.

She began her technology career in 1998, serving in the United States Navy as an Aviation Electronics Technician. Today, Steward is a 17-year veteran of the credit union industry holding a Bachelor of Science degree in computer information systems from Saint Leo University, and a Master of Science degree from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Pete Vangraafeiland

A 20-year veteran of the credit union industry, Pete VanGraafeiland is the Chief Member Experience Officer at LGFCU and Civic Federal Credit Union.

Prior to his current role, VanGraafeiland was the Senior Vice President of Member Services at Civic. Until 2017, he was Vice President of Member Services at LGFCU. Before joining LGFCU, VanGraafeiland was with Coastal Federal Credit Union as the Manager of Consumer Lending and Business Development. Prior to that, he was a Mortgage Loan Officer at State Employees’ Credit Union.

Neal Chaloupka

Neal Chaloupka is the Chief Lending Officer at both LGFCU and Civic FCU.

Chaloupka has been a financial services professional for more than 30 years. He joined LGFCU in 2015 as Vice President of Lending and became the Senior Vice President of Lending at Civic in 2018. Currently, his team's focus is to develop financial products for consumers, businesses and nonprofits in addition to the day-to-day loan operations

He has an undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and earned his master's degree from Nova Southeastern University.