The American Credit Union Mortgage Association's membership has elected two new board members to three year terms.

Alissa Sykes, senior vice president and chief lending officer at Sunmark Federal Credit Union; and Jason Sasena, senior vice president of National Mortgage Production at Lake Michigan Credit Union have won election to ACUMA's board. ACUMA is a non-profit trade association committed to promoting credit union mortgage lending. The organization provides high-quality education and networking using experts from the mortgage banking and credit union communities.

Also, Board Chair Pam Davis, senior vice president of branch delivery and operations at Delta Community Credit Union; and past chair Mark Wilburn, senior vice president and chief lending officer at Truity Credit Union, were elected to new three-year terms.

Continuing as board members are Amy Moser, vice president of mortgage services at Mountain America Credit Union; Tim Mislansky, senior vice president of Wright-Patt Credit Union and president of myCUmortgage; and Barry Stricklin, senior vice president and chief lending officer at Tower Federal Credit Union.

The volunteer board serves as the governing body for ACUMA, a non-profit association.

Sasena oversees sales leadership, mortgage marketing and technology for Lake Michigan CU, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich. Lake Michigan CU operates distributed retail and member direct mortgage origination channels in Michigan and SW Florida. Sasena also held leadership roles with Kinecta Federal Credit Union, JP Morgan Chase, GMAC Residential Capital and ditech.com. He is a contributing author of “The Mortgage Professional’s Handbook,” a comprehensive multi-volume resource that covers every aspect of the mortgage business.

Sykes oversees all aspects of lending including mortgage, home equity, consumer and business lending, loan servicing and collections at Sunmark FCU, based in Latham, N.Y. Under her direction, Sunmark’s mortgage department has enjoyed significant growth. She has successfully advocated for the addition of loans from FHA, VA, USDA, SBA, the State of New York Mortgage Agency, and construction lending.

Sykes regularly mentors smaller credit unions who need assistance keeping up with the swift pace of regulation changes, or ideas to expand their impact. She is building a community banking initiative with a focus on new membership growth.