Leading rookies in Iowa in 2022, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Grant Flynn (Pilot Grove Savings Bank, NMLS #2309390), Brenda Baird (Premier Lending Alliance, LLC, NMLS #2339785), and Kayla Castillo (Old National Bank, NMLS #2361076).
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 | Grant Flynn | 2309390 | Pilot Grove Savings Bank | 469593 | — | $4.4M | 11 | $401K |
| #2 | Brenda Baird | 2339785 | Premier Lending Alliance, LLC | 320883 | — | $4.0M | 23 | $173K |
| #3 | Kayla Castillo | 2361076 | Old National Bank | 459308 | Davenport, IA | $2.4M | 14 | $173K |
| #4 | Channing Craig | 2300759 | Bank Iowa | 673681 | Clarinda, IA | $1.8M | 16 | $115K |
| #5 | Irina Yavorskaya | 2317861 | Family Funding, Inc. | 2361680 | West Des Moines, IA | $1.7M | 6 | $278K |
| #6 | Taylor Fredrickson | 2231214 | Midwest Family Lending Corporation | 4622 | — | $1.6M | 7 | $222K |
| #7 | Robert Fattig | 2365579 | CHELSEA SAVINGS BANK | 451308 | Chelsea, IA | $1.5M | 1 | $1.5M |
| #8 | Tara Makepeace | 2350708 | BankIowa | 410754 | Waterloo, IA | $1.4M | 4 | $339K |
| #9 | Derek Sawvell | 2321188 | De Witt Bank & Trust Co. | 479284 | Wilton, IA | $1.3M | 8 | $158K |
| #10 | Troy Harrison | 2387135 | IOWA STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY | 631866 | Fairfield, IA | $1.2M | 3 | $387K |
| #11 | Matthew Metcalf | 2310314 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | — | $1.1M | 14 | $81K |
| #12 | Emily Barber | 2333259 | Midwest Family Lending Corporation | 4622 | — | $962K | 4 | $240K |
| #13 | Nnadozie Enuma-Alaka | 2358012 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $892K | 3 | $297K |
| #14 | Ashley Nooteboom | 2310308 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $880K | 20 | $44K |
| #15 | Kristi O'Neal | 2315778 | Houghton State Bank | 623934 | Red Oak, IA | $769K | 7 | $110K |
| #16 | Connor Foley | 2339642 | Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC | 2600 | Westfield, IN | $660K | 5 | $132K |
| #17 | Luke Llewellyn | 2322939 | Argos Home Loans, LLC | 2731437 | Raleigh, NC | $639K | 4 | $160K |
| #18 | Drew Hage | 2349614 | Northwest Bank | 486668 | — | $611K | 4 | $153K |
| #19 | Christine Battle-Guster | 2308211 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $604K | 1 | $604K |
| #20 | Rebecca Brown | 2156768 | Dockside Mortgage, LLC | 1806214 | — | $583K | 3 | $194K |
| #21 | Sara Brennan | 2378530 | Ohnward Bank & Trust | 462102 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $577K | 4 | $144K |
| #22 | Estella Reynoldson | 2310292 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Grimes, IA | $565K | 6 | $94K |
| #23 | Brandon Farhat | 2270369 | Land Home Financial Services, Inc. | 1796 | — | $550K | 4 | $137K |
| #24 | Laurie Cragen | 2333116 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $517K | 2 | $259K |
| #25 | Garrett Ikerd | 2378432 | Washington State Bank | 441209 | Washington, IA | $499K | 4 | $125K |
| #26 | Brandon Fowler | 2301485 | Core Bank | 401393 | Omaha, NE | $496K | 2 | $248K |
| #27 | Jean Diaz | 1519804 | American Pacific Mortgage Corporation | 1850 | Urbandale, IA | $488K | 3 | $163K |
| #28 | Zachary Smith | 2115974 | Midwest Family Lending Corporation | 4622 | Urbandale, IA | $479K | 4 | $120K |
| #29 | Kayla VanderLee | 2367353 | Frontier Bank | 616653 | Rock Rapids, IA | $470K | 3 | $157K |
| #30 | Anthony Dixon | 2274953 | Pinnacle Mortgage Corporation | 1323739 | — | $460K | 6 | $77K |
| #31 | Luis Mendez Hidalgo | 866574 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $453K | 2 | $227K |
| #32 | Nic Shar | 2372085 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $448K | 3 | $149K |
| #33 | Ayesha Moien | 2022476 | Longbridge Financial, LLC | 957935 | — | $443K | 1 | $443K |
| #34 | Peyton Pedersen | 2306529 | Satori Financial Mortgage Group, LLC | 4190 | Leon, IA | $424K | 3 | $141K |
| #35 | Jessica Schaffer | 2392173 | CITY STATE BANK | 416698 | Madrid, IA | $423K | 2 | $212K |
| #36 | Jason Burke | 1873028 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | $395K | 2 | $198K |
| #37 | Allen Douglas | 2289027 | Amerifirst Financial, Inc. | 145368 | — | $383K | 3 | $128K |
| #38 | Alvaro Ramos | 2282042 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $378K | 2 | $189K |
| #39 | ERVIN WILLIAMS | 2279440 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $377K | 2 | $189K |
| #40 | Ryan Rose | 2418350 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Naperville, IL | $370K | 2 | $185K |
| #41 | Magali Ornelas | 2358629 | United Bank of Iowa | 619193 | Denison, IA | $368K | 4 | $92K |
| #42 | Erika Salcedo | 2404031 | Raccoon Valley Bank | 407837 | Perry, IA | $364K | 2 | $182K |
| #43 | Fernando Ayala | 2336465 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | — | $363K | 8 | $45K |
| #44 | Eric Zander | 2299798 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $335K | 3 | $112K |
| #45 | Bentley Stilwell | 2355453 | Neighbors Bank | 491986 | Columbia, MO | $335K | 2 | $167K |
| #46 | David Alamo | 1189714 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $333K | 2 | $167K |
| #47 | Daniel Cook | 1132922 | Community State Bank of Rock Falls | 480435 | Rock Falls, IL | $332K | 6 | $55K |
| #48 | Kathy Birkelbach | 1081139 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $328K | 2 | $164K |
| #49 | Phoumala Phommasen | 2378548 | Gershman Investment Corp. | 138063 | West Des Moines, IA | $325K | 1 | $325K |
| #50 | Randall Motisko | 194305 | SecurityNational Mortgage Company | 3116 | — | $315K | 1 | $315K |
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 Volume — Iowa (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/iowa/top-rookie-by-volume/2022
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