About OFCU
Founded by Officials.
Governed by Officials.
OFCU was built by people who have stood on the field, called the games, and lived the financial reality every official knows.
Wake Forest University Athletics. (2022, November 17). Jeff Triplette [Photograph]. GoDeacs.com.
https://godeacs.com/news/2022/11/17/football-triplette-focused-on-supporting-wake-forests-pro-humanitate-mission
Our Mission
The First Institution
Built for the Profession.
Officials Federal Credit Union exists because no financial institution had ever been built around the financial realities of the officiating profession. Not a general bank. Not a general credit union with an officiating theme. The first institution designed from the ground up around how officials actually earn, spend, and save.
"For certified sports officials who manage their own finances as independent contractors, Officials Federal Credit Union is the only financial institution built around the way officiating income actually works seasonal, assignment-based, and self-managed — providing financial tools, education, and cooperative ownership designed for the profession."
Board of Directors
Leadership That Knows
the Profession.
Jeff Triplette
Founding Board Member
Co-founder of OFCU, former NFL referee, and CEO of ArbiterSports. Triplette brings five decades of on-field officiating experience and deep knowledge of the national officiating landscape, risk management, and financial systems.
Dr. Ron Foxcroft
Founding Board Member
Inventor of the Fox40 whistle and CEO of both Fox 40 International and Fluke Transportation, a major North American logistics company. Foxcroft brings international officiating experience, decades of industry leadership, and a distinguished career as an NCAA Division I official.
Bill Topp
Founding Board Member
President of NASO and executive editor of Referee Magazine, with over 35 years dedicated exclusively to the officiating profession. A multi-sport official himself, Topp is the foremost national voice on officiating workforce development, official protection policy, and industry advocacy.
Mark Uyl
Founding Board Member
Executive Director of the Michigan High School Athletic Association, former College World Series umpire, and past chair of the NASO Board of Directors. Uyl brings decades of officiating experience and leadership over one of the largest state officiating ecosystems in the country.
Daren Jackson
Founding Board Member
Co-founder of OFCU and the driving force behind the charter application. Founder of RefPay, now ArbiterPay, and former CEO of Rapid Financial Solutions, Jackson brings deep knowledge of the national officiating landscape and payment services.
Clark Evans
Founding Board Member
C-suite executive at the largest sports-assigning organization in the world, with over 30 years building the technology and partnerships that power officiating operations across high school and collegiate athletics nationwide
Jeff Jackson
Founding Board Member
Co-founder and CEO of Visionary Homes, one of largest homebuilders in the western US and the official homebuilder of the Utah Jazz. Jackson's early financial commitment to OFCU made the charter application process possible.
Channel Partnership
OFCU & NASO:
Built Together.
The National Association of Sports Officials is the largest organization dedicated to serving sports officials in the United States. NASO is OFCU's primary channel partner and a founding sponsor of the credit union's charter application.
NASO's support of OFCU goes beyond partnership. NASO has supported the charter application and invested in OFCU's vision of a financial institution built exclusively for the officiating profession. Helping officials like you navigate the realities of the profession.
The NASO-OFCU relationship reflects a shared mission: elevating the officiating profession and the officials who dedicate their lives to it. Financial security is part of that mission.
30K+
NASO Members Nationwide
50
Years Serving Officials
50
States Represented
Primary
OFCU Channel Partner
Charter Status
NCUA Charter
Progress.
OFCU is a proposed de novo federal credit union currently progressing through the NCUA charter application process. Here is where we stand today.
Phase I — Pre-Charter Investigation
NCUA review of the proposed field of membership, sponsor viability, and basic feasibility of the credit union.
Approved
Phase II — Charter Application
Full business plan, financial projections, policy documentation, governance structure, and management plan under NCUA review.
Submitted
Currently Under Review
Phase III — Charter Approval
NCUA grants the federal charter. OFCU is cleared to open for business and accept member deposits.
Pending
Phase IV — Open for Business
Early interest members receive notification. Account opening begins. OFCU serves its first members.
Pending
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Officials Federal Credit Union
The first credit union built exclusively for sports officials. Member-owned, digitally delivered, and designed around how officials actually earn, spend, and save.
