Biggest climbers in Illinois in 2022, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 13, 2026, the top 3 include Aaron Stucker (Inspire Home Loans Inc., NMLS #2075495), Ashley Vertucci (Rocket Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2133786), and Brey Brisbane (Guaranteed Rate, Inc., NMLS #1756160).
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 | Rank Change | 2022 Volume | 2022 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Aaron Stucker | 2075495 | Inspire Home Loans Inc. | 1564276 | Greenwood Village, CO | ▲ 9558 (#9905 → #347) | $27.1M | 56 |
| #2 | Ashley Vertucci | 2133786 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 8537 (#9376 → #839) | $15.6M | 51 |
| #3 | Brey Brisbane | 1756160 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | ▲ 8199 (#9931 → #1732) | $8.8M | 26 |
| #4 | Gregory Lichtenberger | 348429 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 7892 (#9822 → #1930) | $7.9M | 4 |
| #5 | Timothy Stites | 1911077 | Associated Bank, National Association | 442791 | — | ▲ 7807 (#9938 → #2131) | $7.1M | 17 |
| #6 | rebecca lang | 1490565 | Consumers Credit Union | 692733 | Elgin, IL | ▲ 7606 (#9631 → #2025) | $7.6M | 41 |
| #7 | Christopher Escobedo | 1774079 | Mortgage Forward, LLC | 2552420 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 7593 (#9171 → #1578) | $9.6M | 45 |
| #8 | Stephen Lascher | 413936 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | New York, NY | ▲ 7412 (#9779 → #2367) | $6.3M | 4 |
| #9 | Michael Houston | 984054 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 7408 (#9211 → #1803) | $8.5M | 30 |
| #10 | Christine Pickens | 2174112 | Compeer Financial, ACA | 619731 | — | ▲ 7275 (#9407 → #2132) | $7.1M | 33 |
| #11 | Letrusia May | 1022301 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6848 (#9052 → #2204) | $6.8M | 22 |
| #12 | Emily Schaefer | 1872629 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | — | ▲ 6797 (#9105 → #2308) | $6.5M | 24 |
| #13 | Erica Minerd | 1432891 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | — | ▲ 6748 (#9434 → #2686) | $5.4M | 10 |
| #14 | Ahmed Jadallah | 1995736 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | — | ▲ 6707 (#7470 → #763) | $16.7M | 46 |
| #15 | Hang Hung | 750128 | International Bank of Chicago | 418528 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 6580 (#7058 → #478) | $22.5M | 93 |
| #16 | Michael Scaccia | 1443090 | LeaderOne Financial Corporation | 12007 | Oak Brook, IL | ▲ 6350 (#9832 → #3482) | $3.9M | 15 |
| #17 | Germain Flores | 1731510 | Neighborhood Loans, Inc. | 222982 | Downers Grove, IL | ▲ 6215 (#9032 → #2817) | $5.0M | 30 |
| #18 | Richard McClanahan | 580989 | PNC Bank, National Association | 446303 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6201 (#8710 → #2509) | $5.9M | 6 |
| #19 | Michael Leonhart | 911814 | ALLIANT CREDIT UNION | 197185 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 6190 (#7199 → #1009) | $13.8M | 16 |
| #20 | Tarek Ghossein | 1970259 | Federal First Lending LLC | 2381991 | Scottsdale, AZ | ▲ 6174 (#9265 → #3091) | $4.5M | 19 |
| #21 | Booker Whitt | 1425487 | United Home Loans, Inc. | 207546 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 6173 (#9717 → #3544) | $3.8M | 6 |
| #22 | Alvin Jabboury | 1190987 | eMortgage Funding LLC | 1059364 | Troy, MI | ▲ 6078 (#9375 → #3297) | $4.2M | 21 |
| #23 | Albert Peterson | 564908 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 6076 (#9304 → #3228) | $4.3M | 15 |
| #24 | Saul Bolivar | 1683359 | Tongass Federal Credit Union | 519201 | Ketchikan, AK | ▲ 6047 (#8340 → #2293) | $6.5M | 31 |
| #25 | Jason McGowan | 1722331 | Toll Brothers Mortgage Company | 18154 | Fort Washington, PA | ▲ 5993 (#9785 → #3792) | $3.5M | 10 |
| #26 | Jeremy Guy | 1556817 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 5991 (#9196 → #3205) | $4.3M | 12 |
| #27 | Melanie Stewart | 453452 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Wilmington, NC | ▲ 5956 (#8441 → #2485) | $5.9M | 14 |
| #28 | Marissa Lentz | 1508087 | Citizens Equity First Credit Union | 407798 | Peoria, IL | ▲ 5949 (#7868 → #1919) | $8.0M | 70 |
| #29 | Eric Whipple | 1955172 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | ▲ 5930 (#9983 → #4053) | $3.2M | 13 |
| #30 | Marissa Slater | 1468519 | DuPage Credit Union | 445096 | — | ▲ 5918 (#7032 → #1114) | $12.9M | 129 |
| #31 | Deborah La Rosa | 396727 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | — | ▲ 5901 (#8347 → #2446) | $6.0M | 6 |
| #32 | Michael Hartman | 312692 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 5886 (#8326 → #2440) | $6.1M | 15 |
| #33 | Christopher Krueger | 939053 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 5884 (#8611 → #2727) | $5.3M | 5 |
| #34 | Ana Ghioltan | 1497736 | Neighborhood Loans, Inc. | 222982 | Downers Grove, IL | ▲ 5858 (#7271 → #1413) | $10.6M | 49 |
| #35 | Michael Shapiro | 993349 | Liberty Mortgage Corporation | 1807234 | Hillside, IL | ▲ 5853 (#9772 → #3919) | $3.3M | 11 |
| #36 | John Brown | 459149 | Sage Home Loans Corporation | 3304 | Fort Mill, SC | ▲ 5826 (#7847 → #2021) | $7.6M | 8 |
| #37 | Shawn Yeisley | 237840 | NBKC Bank | 409631 | Kansas City, MO | ▲ 5805 (#8148 → #2343) | $6.4M | 13 |
| #38 | Julia Fiorucci | 576995 | Blackhawk Bank | 417001 | — | ▲ 5749 (#8319 → #2570) | $5.7M | 47 |
| #39 | Thomas Russell | 2016912 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | — | ▲ 5726 (#8722 → #2996) | $4.7M | 35 |
| #40 | Evan Paul | 1719955 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | ▲ 5684 (#8971 → #3287) | $4.2M | 10 |
| #41 | Dib Kaddah | 1662858 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Westlake, OH | ▲ 5671 (#8654 → #2983) | $4.7M | 17 |
| #42 | Leticia Gutierrez | 264024 | Busey Bank | 509055 | Joliet, IL | ▲ 5659 (#7124 → #1465) | $10.3M | 48 |
| #43 | Radka Adam | 2053652 | Mortgage Now, LLC | 2114465 | St Charles, IL | ▲ 5641 (#9233 → #3592) | $3.7M | 15 |
| #44 | Benjamin Novrocki | 1011500 | Proper Rate, LLC | 1901699 | — | ▲ 5603 (#7916 → #2313) | $6.5M | 15 |
| #45 | Edgar Llanes | 1548765 | RABBI MORTGAGE INC. | 2265111 | Wheaton, IL | ▲ 5578 (#7969 → #2391) | $6.2M | 22 |
| #46 | Joshua Veach | 2176493 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 5577 (#9316 → #3739) | $3.5M | 18 |
| #47 | Erin Walsh | 2101654 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Schaumburg, IL | ▲ 5575 (#5978 → #403) | $24.6M | 91 |
| #48 | Mark Pfeiffer | 729612 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Dallas, TX | ▲ 5567 (#8288 → #2721) | $5.3M | 17 |
| #49 | Aylin Theodore | 2091029 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | — | ▲ 5565 (#9899 → #4334) | $2.9M | 7 |
| #50 | Shy Wang | 1050318 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 5561 (#9213 → #3652) | $3.7M | 13 |
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. Biggest Climbers by Volume — Illinois (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/illinois/top-climbers-by-volume/2022
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