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 August 27, 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 | Amy White | 2324067 | City Lending Inc. | 1045126 | — | $1.2M | 2 | $612K |
| #3 | Tom Gjokaj | 2181925 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $592K | 2 | $296K |
| #3 | Kathryn Paserba | 2367013 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $1.2M | 2 | $580K |
| #3 | Colin Brezniak | 2120567 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | 381076 | Baltimore, MD | $895K | 2 | $448K |
| #3 | Joshua Smith | 2301088 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Plano, TX | $490K | 2 | $245K |
| #3 | Emilio Martinez | 2312265 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.6M | 2 | $795K |
| #3 | Mark Schacknies | 2313994 | Ndoor Distribution, LLC | 2324343 | — | $400K | 2 | $200K |
| #3 | Alanna Hantho | 1566030 | Intercoastal Mortgage, LLC | 56323 | Reston, VA | $1.2M | 2 | $585K |
| #12 | Donavan Akers | 2276999 | Swan Financial Corporation | 2473 | — | $335K | 1 | $335K |
| #12 | Donovan Tyson | 2271473 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | McLean, VA | $309K | 1 | $309K |
| #12 | Norman Abbott | 2113927 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $210K | 1 | $210K |
| #12 | Robert Rockne | 2305676 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | — | $279K | 1 | $279K |
| #12 | Adela Mucllari | 105977 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $1.3M | 1 | $1.3M |
| #12 | Abimbola George | 2307455 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $696K | 1 | $696K |
| #12 | Jaylon Briggs | 2088283 | Unlock Home Equity Solutions, Inc. | 2657081 | Tempe, AZ | $378K | 1 | $378K |
| #12 | Joshua Grossman | 2280341 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Little Falls, NJ | $314K | 1 | $314K |
| #12 | Christopher Castaneda Reyes | 2323247 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $247K | 1 | $247K |
| #12 | Tyler Sweigart | 2311762 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $261K | 1 | $261K |
| #12 | Anna Edmond | 2367023 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $565K | 1 | $565K |
| #12 | Mohmed Al-Dubaily | 2182048 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $260K | 1 | $260K |
| #12 | Cameron McDonald | 1831901 | Titan Mutual Lending Inc. | 1604483 | — | $384K | 1 | $384K |
| #12 | Nicole Fiscella | 2265049 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Lutherville, MD | $482K | 1 | $482K |
| #12 | Joanna Perry | 2316159 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $116K | 1 | $116K |
| #12 | Dakota Faught | 2301048 | Nationstar Mortgage LLC | 2119 | — | $132K | 1 | $132K |
| #12 | Kimberly Bowen | 2344677 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | $609K | 1 | $609K |
| #12 | Ryann Pitcher Woodbury | 2245236 | Saxton Mortgage, LLC | 1717191 | San Diego, CA | $547K | 1 | $547K |
| #12 | Robert Cole | 2218605 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | — | $475K | 1 | $475K |
| #12 | Joseph Kosman | 132359 | Allied Mortgage Group, Inc. | 1067 | — | $385K | 1 | $385K |
| #12 | Carly Wall | 2367017 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $175K | 1 | $175K |
| #12 | Ashia Williams | 1742493 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $713K | 1 | $713K |
| #12 | Koron Davis | 2297761 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $270K | 1 | $270K |
| #12 | David Alamo | 1189714 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $279K | 1 | $279K |
| #12 | Byron Lindsay | 2255748 | Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership | 66247 | — | $383K | 1 | $383K |
| #12 | Christopher Kelley | 2303890 | Simmons Bank | 484633 | — | $274K | 1 | $274K |
| #12 | Justin Doster | 2107678 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $430K | 1 | $430K |
| #12 | Yadira Martinez Salazar | 2258301 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $203K | 1 | $203K |
| #12 | James Pelton | 2342081 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $415K | 1 | $415K |
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 August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/district-of-columbia/top-rookie-by-units/2022
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