A decade-long journey in SBA lending transformed Theresa Tschumperlin from an underwriter to a catalyst for small businesses and financial institutions, driven by connections with small business borrowers. Now, she is passionate about guiding credit unions into the SBA world, unveiling vast potential to empower members' dreams and fortify financial institutions, revealing a wealth of untapped opportunities for those venturing into this transformative SBA industry.

Theresa Tschumperlin serves as President/CEO of Ultum Group, a CUSO and nationwide SBA LSP focused on providing nationwide premiere end-to-end Commercial and SBA Lending services to financial institutions. She has spent the last 12 years of her career in Commercial and SBA lending, holding many executive leadership positions within sales, operations, and technology. Theresa is passionate about teaching others and about using commercial and SBA Lending to help Credit Unions diversify their portfolios, increase yields, non-interest fee income and better serve current and potential members.