Folsom, Calif. – (July 16, 2024) – SAFE’s Chief Lending Officer Tiffani Vargas, who divides her time helping the credit union's employees improve their health, discussed SAFE’s approach to wellness in the workplace with the hosts of KTXL Fox 40 Monday on “Studio40 Live.”
“SAFE is really passionate about promoting wellness for our employees,” Vargas explains to show hosts Gary Gelfand and Scott Moak. “We really want our employees to embrace a consistent routine and make that deposit just like you do into a bank account and investing in what they need to do to feel good physically and mentally.”
Vargas became involved in SAFE’s wellness efforts nearly five years ago and chairs the credit union’s "Wellbeing" employee resource group. The group holds events, sponsors initiatives and provides wellness challenges to support the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of SAFE employees.
SAFE Credit Union CLO Tiffani Vargas joins Studio40 Live hosts Scott Moak and Gary Gelfand.
Vargas, also a professional workout instructor, leads free exercise classes at SAFE’s headquarters and reminded people how to incorporate wellness into their lives while on a budget.
“The average American spends $5,000 a year on wellness and not everybody can afford that, right,” she says, adding free workouts are available online and nature walks are highly beneficial to achieving wellness. “We don’t have to have a gym membership. We don’t need to own a Peloton. We don’t have to go to specialty food markets.”
Vargas encourages employees at other companies to be sure to check into what wellness opportunities they may not realize their employer already offers and encourages companies to sponsor athletic events and provide time for employee volunteerism to promote wellness, like at SAFE.
Watch the Studio40 Live segment .
As referred to in the interview, The Sacramento Business Journal named SAFE as a “Best Place to Work” six years in a row between 2017and 2023.
Vargas joined SAFE in 2018 and became its CLO in 2022. She oversees nearly half of the credit union’s income centers. As a volunteer, she serves on the board of First Tee of Greater Sacramento, providers of positive youth development programs through the game of golf.
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SAFE Credit Union has made members an integral part of its vision since 1940. Over the years the credit union has kept the focus on what really matters, putting members first, a formula that has seen SAFE grow into a leading financial institution in Northern California with $4.6 billion in assets and about 236,000 members. SAFE crafts every cutting-edge product and sterling service with members’ needs foremost in mind. In addition to banking services conveniently available through online, chat, mobile, or phone options, SAFE offers in-person services for members and small businesses at service centers across the Greater Sacramento region. SAFE is a not-for-profit, state-chartered credit union with membership open to businesses and individuals living or working in Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado, Sutter, Butte, Nevada, Solano, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, Yuba, Amador, and Alameda counties. Insured by NCUA. www.safecu.org