NILES — United Federal Credit Union announced Tuesday the appointment of Candy Kulich as a new mortgage advisor at its Niles North branch.

As a mortgage advisor, Kulich will be responsible for providing financial counseling through interviewing pre-qualifying applicants. She will also be tasked with generating mortgage loans by taking loan applications in support of loan growth objectives.

Kulich has more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage space. Prior to her new role at United, she served as a mortgage loan officer since 2018 at Mercantile Bank. She also served as a mortgage loan officer at Chemical Bank since 2010.

Kulich has her certificate for underwriting as well as her mortgage broker license. She attended Purdue University, where she studied business and the Merchandising Institute of Chicago, where she studied marketing and business.