Ivan McBride is VP of Automotive Lending Products & Sales at Pentagon Federal Credit Union, and leads the direct and indirect auto financing teams there to deliver on industry leading automotive financing products to its membership.
Ivan has worked in the automotive finance and insurance industry for over 25 years. Before joining PenFed in August, 2016, he spent 23 years with Toyota Financial Services, North America's largest captive automotive finance company, in various operations and sales management roles at corporate offices in Southern California to Regional Centers in Parsippany, NJ and throughout the Mid-Atlantic states. Ivan possesses extensive experience in captive and credit union automotive retail financing, product development and pricing, residual based financing, credit and underwriting, and vehicle protection products including backend participation programs and reinsurance.
Ivan was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico but spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was a standout student-athlete there at Mercyhurst Preparatory School before accepting a four year athletic scholarship to play baseball at Charleston Southern University in North Charleston, South Carolina. After college graduation, Ivan was drafted, in June 1987, to play professional baseball with the Cleveland Indians and spent two years in their minor league system in Burlington, NC and Waterloo, IA.
Ivan now lives in Haymarket, VA with his wife of 19 years, Cara, and 14 year old son, Chase. He is a huge sports fan and avid golfer, who loves to travel anywhere on golf trips with family and friends and enjoys the beaches of Myrtle Beach, SC and the Disney Resorts in Orlando, FL.