Art Sookazian

Art Sookazian has over 20 years of experience in the credit union and financial services industry. Art has held various leadership positions, including President of the National Credit Union Collections Alliance (NCUCA), Vice President of Special Services at Los Angeles Federal Credit Union, Vice President and Director of Collections at Xceed Financial Credit Union, and Collections Manager at LA Financial Credit Union. Art also has experience working at Toyota/Lexus Financial Services and Isuzu Motors Acceptance Corporation. Throughout their career, Art has demonstrated strong expertise in managing collections, loss mitigation, formal workouts, modifications, short sales, foreclosures, charge-offs, loan recoveries, portfolio analysis, and remarketing. Art has achieved significant accomplishments, including reducing delinquency and net charge-offs, outperforming peer credit unions in charge-off and delinquency ratios, reducing loan loss provisions, and improving recoveries and internal audit ratings.

Art Sookazian completed their high school education at Oakton High School from 1991 to 1995. Art then pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at the University of Virginia from 1996 to 1999. Prior to attending the University of Virginia, they briefly attended Virginia Tech in 1995, where they studied Biology. Additionally, it is mentioned that they attended the Western CUNA Management School, but no specific dates or degree information is provided for this institution.