FAIRBORN, OH (November 12, 2013) -- myCUmortgage® announced the recipients of its Awards for Excellence in Mortgage Lending. The winning partner credit unions were recognized for outstanding results in helping members with home ownership at the CUSO’s 9th Annual Partner Conference in Fairborn, Ohio, October 1 through October 3.
Over 100 credit union mortgage professionals spent three days networking and learning from best in class speakers about purchase money mortgage strategies and other topical ideas. At the conclusion of the event, credit unions were recognized for their outstanding achievements. Awards were based on mortgage activity from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.
Most Loans Originated Awards
- Dynamic Federal Credit Union (Celina, Ohio) received the award for “Originator of the Year” with the most loans closed in the small credit union category.
- Midwest Community Credit Union (Defiance, Ohio) was named “Originator of the Year” in the mid-size category.
- Workers’ Credit Union (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) received top honors for loan units originated in the large credit union category.
New Producer Awards
- Small Asset – Perfect Circle Credit Union (Hagerstown, Indiana)
- Mid-Size Asset – Ashland Credit Union (Ashland, Kentucky)
- Large Asset – Dominion Credit Union (Richmond, Virginia)
CU Select Awards
- Peoples Federal Credit Union (Nitro, West Virginia) and Finance Center Federal Credit Union (Indianapolis, Indiana) received the awards based on mortgage loan volume.
Purchase Lender Awards
- Small Asset – Dayton Firefighters Federal Credit Union (Dayton, Ohio)
- Mid-Size Asset – Indiana State University Federal Credit Union (Terre Haute, Indiana)
- Large Asset – Canton Schools Employees Federal Credit Union (Canton, Ohio)
Individual Originator of the Year Awards
- Tim Muffley, mortgage loan manager at DESCO Federal Credit Union (Portsmouth, Ohio), Wendy Bussa, mortgage loan officer at Hopewell Federal Credit Union (Heath, Ohio), and Michelle Boughan, vice president of mortgage lending at TopMark Federal Credit Union (Lima, Ohio) each received the Individual Originator of the Year Award honors.
Susan Edwards Scholarship Award
- The 2013 Susan Edwards Scholarship Award recipient was Rob Whitley of Metro Community Federal Credit Union. This year marked the fifth annual Susan Edwards Memorial Scholarship Award presentation. The scholarship to attend the conference was created in memory of Susan Edwards, myCUmortgage’s first loan coordinator who worked her way up to become the operations manager for myCUmortgage. She passed away due to cancer in 2009.
“myCUmortgage believes that credit unions are the best way to help Americans with home ownership. So, we’re excited to recognize these credit unions for their efforts,” said Tim Mislansky, president of myCUmortgage. “These award winning partners demonstrated how positioning the credit union between myCUmortgage and their membership empowered them to help members attain homeownership and affordable financing.”
“Their mortgage lending success exemplifies how and why myCUmortgage exists to help credit unions help their members with home ownership. Our best practices make mortgage lending
easier and more efficient, which results in lower costs to members and more revenue sharing,”
added Mislansky.
myCUmortgage is Wright-Patt Credit Union’s wholly-owned CUSO. myCUmortgage empowers nearly 180 credit unions across the country to help members with home ownership through quality, cost-efficient, service-driven mortgage solutions to benefit all sizes of credit union mortgage lenders. Visit www.myCUmortgage.com for more information or contact Tim Mislansky at (937) 912-7853, or email Tmislansky@mycumortgage.com