D. Samuel “Sam” Inman is president and CEO of Community First Credit Union of Florida. Serving the credit union since 1990, Sam started as an assistant accounting manager, then become the institution’s first internal auditor to VP of Finance and then CFO in 1997. In 2024, he was named the institution’s seventh president and CEO. Inman has played an instrumental role in growing Community First’s assets from $156 million to now more than $2.8 billion.
Inman is active in the Northeast Florida community and is passionate about supporting public education and schoolteachers. He serves as chair of the board of the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida and is on the board of the UNF Foundation. Inman is past chairman of its Dean’s Education Advisory Council of UNF. Inman has served on various other nonprofit committees and board including the TEACH Symposium for Northeast Florida educators, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida, Learn to Read, Inc. and the University of North Florida (UNF) Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He has served on the board of the Credit Union Executive Society’s Florida Chapter and is a member of the Credit Union Economic Group.