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 October 11, 2026, the top 3 include Cherie Bell (Guidance Mortgage LLC, NMLS #414585), Kathy Birkelbach (West Capital Lending, Inc., NMLS #1081139), and Maria Belin (Navy Federal Credit Union, NMLS #2328821).
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 | Cherie Bell | 414585 | Guidance Mortgage LLC | 220081 | — | $1.2M | 7 | $177K |
| #2 | Kathy Birkelbach | 1081139 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $1.5M | 4 | $377K |
| #3 | Maria Belin | 2328821 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $782K | 3 | $261K |
| #4 | Joshua Smith | 2301088 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Plano, TX | $490K | 2 | $245K |
| #4 | Mark Schacknies | 2313994 | Ndoor Distribution, LLC | 2324343 | — | $400K | 2 | $200K |
| #4 | Kathryn Paserba | 2367013 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $1.2M | 2 | $580K |
| #4 | Colin Brezniak | 2120567 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | 381076 | Baltimore, MD | $895K | 2 | $448K |
| #4 | Tom Gjokaj | 2181925 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $592K | 2 | $296K |
| #4 | Alanna Hantho | 1566030 | Intercoastal Mortgage, LLC | 56323 | Reston, VA | $1.2M | 2 | $585K |
| #4 | Emilio Martinez | 2312265 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.6M | 2 | $795K |
| #4 | Amy White | 2324067 | City Lending Inc. | 1045126 | — | $1.2M | 2 | $612K |
| #4 | Laura Villegas Cadena | 2407535 | United States Senate Federal Credit Union | 514285 | — | $90K | 2 | $45K |
| #13 | Nicole Fiscella | 2265049 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Lutherville, MD | $482K | 1 | $482K |
| #13 | Byron Lindsay | 2255748 | Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership | 66247 | — | $383K | 1 | $383K |
| #13 | Mohmed Al-Dubaily | 2182048 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $260K | 1 | $260K |
| #13 | Robert Rockne | 2305676 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | — | $279K | 1 | $279K |
| #13 | Donovan Tyson | 2271473 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | McLean, VA | $309K | 1 | $309K |
| #13 | Yadira Martinez Salazar | 2258301 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $203K | 1 | $203K |
| #13 | Joshua Grossman | 2280341 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Little Falls, NJ | $314K | 1 | $314K |
| #13 | Ryann Pitcher Woodbury | 2245236 | Saxton Mortgage, LLC | 1717191 | San Diego, CA | $547K | 1 | $547K |
| #13 | Kimberly Bowen | 2344677 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | $609K | 1 | $609K |
| #13 | Tyler Sweigart | 2311762 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $261K | 1 | $261K |
| #13 | Donavan Akers | 2276999 | Swan Financial Corporation | 2473 | — | $335K | 1 | $335K |
| #13 | Christopher Castaneda Reyes | 2323247 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $247K | 1 | $247K |
| #13 | Christopher Kelley | 2303890 | Simmons Bank | 484633 | — | $274K | 1 | $274K |
| #13 | Norman Abbott | 2113927 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $210K | 1 | $210K |
| #13 | David Alamo | 1189714 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $279K | 1 | $279K |
| #13 | Justin Doster | 2107678 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $430K | 1 | $430K |
| #13 | Ashia Williams | 1742493 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $713K | 1 | $713K |
| #13 | Koron Davis | 2297761 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $270K | 1 | $270K |
| #13 | Abimbola George | 2307455 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $696K | 1 | $696K |
| #13 | Cameron McDonald | 1831901 | Titan Mutual Lending Inc. | 1604483 | — | $384K | 1 | $384K |
| #13 | Jaylon Briggs | 2088283 | Unlock Home Equity Solutions, Inc. | 2657081 | Tempe, AZ | $378K | 1 | $378K |
| #13 | James Pelton | 2342081 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $415K | 1 | $415K |
| #13 | Joseph Kosman | 132359 | Allied Mortgage Group, Inc. | 1067 | — | $385K | 1 | $385K |
| #13 | Anna Edmond | 2367023 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $565K | 1 | $565K |
| #13 | Robert Cole | 2218605 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | — | $475K | 1 | $475K |
| #13 | Adela Mucllari | 105977 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $1.3M | 1 | $1.3M |
| #13 | Joanna Perry | 2316159 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $116K | 1 | $116K |
| #13 | Dakota Faught | 2301048 | Nationstar Mortgage LLC | 2119 | — | $132K | 1 | $132K |
| #13 | Carly Wall | 2367017 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $175K | 1 | $175K |
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 October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/district-of-columbia/top-rookie-by-units/2022
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