DawnOfodile

Regional Community Engagement Manager Vystar Credit Union

Dawn Ofodile is the regional community engagement manager at VyStar Credit Union, the second-largest credit union headquartered in Florida with more than 860,000 members and assets of over $13 billion. Ofodile joined VyStar’s Community Engagement team in 2022 and manages the organization’s community partnerships, sponsorships and donations, and volunteer engagement across nine counties in Central Florida, with an emphasis on organizations that support veterans/active-duty military, youth, and community-building. Since joining VyStar, Ofodile has worked alongside the Community Engagement team in service of VyStar’s purpose to Do Good. She has been instrumental in the credit union’s growth into the Central Florida market, leading the execution of several new initiatives, identifying key partners for strategic multiyear partnerships, and increasing visibility and brand awareness.

Prior to joining VyStar, Ofodile served as Fifth Third Bank’s Community & Economic Development Relationship Manager, and before that she was the community relations manager at the University of Central Florida. Over the years, she has held communications and sales and development positions in both the private and non-profit sectors in Orlando, New Orleans, and Chicago.

Ofodile has served on boards and committees for several local organizations, including the African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida, Orlando Economic Partnership, Seminole County Chamber of Commerce, Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Winter Park, Winter Park Housing Authority, United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Orlando Leadership Council, Oviedo-Winter Springs Chamber of Commerce, the City of Orlando Mayor’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, and the University of Central Florida (UCF) Town & Gown Council. She is in Leadership Orlando Class 104, and is a graduate of Leadership Winter Park, Leadership West Orange, Connect DTO, and Athena NextGen.

Ofodile grew up in historic Tuskegee, Alabama., and has a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from Loyola University and master’s degree in Public Administration from Bernard M. Baruch College. She currently resides in beautiful Winter Park, Florida., with her husband, Bryan, and son, Brody.