Elly Cummings

Divisional Executive Vice President, Great Lakes & South Florida, New American Funding

Elly Cummings has more than 25 years of experience in the mortgage industry.

As New American Funding’s Divisional Executive Vice President for the Great Lakes South Florida region, she has been recognized with numerous awards including Notable Women in Banking and Finance by Twin Cities Business and Top Women in Finance by Finance & Commerce. Additionally, Elly was recognized as HousingWire’s Women of Influence 2021 and led New American Funding to local awards in her region, including Star Tribune’s Top 200 Workplace, Minneapolis/St Paul Business Journal’s Best Places to Work, Milwaukee’s Best and Brightest Company to Work For. She has also been named to the Spare Key Board of Directors.

Prior to New American Funding, she was the Chief Operating Officer at Marketplace Home Mortgage and the President and one of the founders of Gradient Home Mortgage.

Loan Officers under her leadership have been named Top 1% Mortgage Originators in America by Mortgage Executive Magazine and Top Producers by Scotsman Guide.

Milt continued to flourish throughout his career at New American Funding. In 2017, Milt advanced to his current role of Divisional Senior Vice President, Mountain West. Led by a strong team and Milt’s guidance, the Mountain and South region continues to deliver strong results and breaking company lending records.

Milt attributes much of the region’s success to the dedicated team he has assembled and the partnership between Sales and Operations that puts the customer first. He believes in a leadership style of serving those that you lead. In his words, “we all work together towards a common goal of closing quality loans without egos.” Milt believes by serving and supporting the team, New American Funding can assure its clients and business partners experience best-in-class service.