Leading rookies in District of Columbia in 2022, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Kathy Birkelbach (West Capital Lending, Inc., NMLS #1081139), Maria Belin (Navy Federal Credit Union, NMLS #2328821), and Laura Villegas Cadena (United States Senate Federal Credit Union, NMLS #2407535).
Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.
| Rank | Loan officer | LO NMLS | Current Lender / Broker | Lender NMLS | Location | 2022 Volume | 2022 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kathy Birkelbach | 1081139 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $1.5M | 4 | $377K |
| #2 | Maria Belin | 2328821 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $782K | 3 | $261K |
| #3 | Laura Villegas Cadena | 2407535 | United States Senate Federal Credit Union | 514285 | — | $90K | 2 | $45K |
| #3 | Colin Brezniak | 2120567 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | 381076 | Baltimore, MD | $895K | 2 | $448K |
| #3 | Mark Schacknies | 2313994 | Ndoor Distribution, LLC | 2324343 | — | $400K | 2 | $200K |
| #3 | Kathryn Paserba | 2367013 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $1.2M | 2 | $580K |
| #3 | Alanna Hantho | 1566030 | Intercoastal Mortgage, LLC | 56323 | Reston, VA | $1.2M | 2 | $585K |
| #3 | Amy White | 2324067 | City Lending Inc. | 1045126 | — | $1.2M | 2 | $612K |
| #3 | Emilio Martinez | 2312265 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.6M | 2 | $795K |
| #3 | Tom Gjokaj | 2181925 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $592K | 2 | $296K |
| #3 | Joshua Smith | 2301088 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Plano, TX | $490K | 2 | $245K |
| #12 | Mohmed Al-Dubaily | 2182048 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $260K | 1 | $260K |
| #12 | Christopher Kelley | 2303890 | Simmons Bank | 484633 | — | $274K | 1 | $274K |
| #12 | Ryann Pitcher Woodbury | 2245236 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $547K | 1 | $547K |
| #12 | Joseph Kosman | 132359 | Allied Mortgage Group, Inc. | 1067 | — | $385K | 1 | $385K |
| #12 | Byron Lindsay | 2255748 | Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership | 66247 | — | $383K | 1 | $383K |
| #12 | Donavan Akers | 2276999 | Swan Financial Corporation | 2473 | — | $335K | 1 | $335K |
| #12 | Robert Cole | 2218605 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | — | $475K | 1 | $475K |
| #12 | Dakota Faught | 2301048 | Nationstar Mortgage LLC | 2119 | — | $132K | 1 | $132K |
| #12 | David Alamo | 1189714 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $279K | 1 | $279K |
| #12 | Tyler Sweigart | 2311762 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $261K | 1 | $261K |
| #12 | Kimberly Bowen | 2344677 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | $609K | 1 | $609K |
| #12 | Nicole Fiscella | 2265049 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Lutherville, MD | $482K | 1 | $482K |
| #12 | James Pelton | 2342081 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $415K | 1 | $415K |
| #12 | Justin Doster | 2107678 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $430K | 1 | $430K |
| #12 | Abimbola George | 2307455 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $696K | 1 | $696K |
| #12 | Carly Wall | 2367017 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $175K | 1 | $175K |
| #12 | Anna Edmond | 2367023 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $565K | 1 | $565K |
| #12 | Robert Rockne | 2305676 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | — | $279K | 1 | $279K |
| #12 | Christopher Castaneda Reyes | 2323247 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $247K | 1 | $247K |
| #12 | Yadira Martinez Salazar | 2258301 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $203K | 1 | $203K |
| #12 | Adela Mucllari | 105977 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $1.3M | 1 | $1.3M |
| #12 | Joshua Grossman | 2280341 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Little Falls, NJ | $314K | 1 | $314K |
| #12 | Norman Abbott | 2113927 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $210K | 1 | $210K |
| #12 | Donovan Tyson | 2271473 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | McLean, VA | $309K | 1 | $309K |
| #12 | Jaylon Briggs | 2088283 | Unlock Home Equity Solutions, Inc. | 2657081 | Tempe, AZ | $378K | 1 | $378K |
| #12 | Koron Davis | 2297761 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $270K | 1 | $270K |
| #12 | Joanna Perry | 2316159 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $116K | 1 | $116K |
These rankings are powered by MMI's nationwide residential mortgage public record dataset. MMI collects mortgage transaction data from recording jurisdictions across the United States, with an average data latency of approximately 22 days from the recording date.
Transactions are matched to NMLS identifiers for loan officers, lenders, and brokers where applicable. MMI then deduplicates, normalizes, and validates this data to create an authoritative mortgage production dataset that powers MMI's analytics, recruiting, marketing, and intelligence products.
Rankings reflect recorded mortgage transactions available to MMI at the time of the last data refresh. Recent activity may continue to update as additional transactions are recorded and processed.
TopMortgageOriginators.com. Leading Rookies by Loan Count — District of Columbia (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/district-of-columbia/top-rookie-by-units/2022
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