Biggest climbers in Kentucky 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 Brandye Middleton-Smith (Farm Credit Mid-America, ACA, NMLS #1955801), REBEKEH SHIELDS (Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company, NMLS #460476), and Brad Phillips (First Equity Mortgage Incorporated, NMLS #874329).
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 | Brandye Middleton-Smith | 1955801 | Farm Credit Mid-America, ACA | 407249 | Lexington, KY | ▲ 9533 (#9623 → #90) | $15.7M | 50 |
| #2 | REBEKEH SHIELDS | 460476 | Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company | 433971 | Cincinnati, OH | ▲ 9213 (#9945 → #732) | $4.2M | 7 |
| #3 | Brad Phillips | 874329 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | — | ▲ 8933 (#9115 → #182) | $11.4M | 75 |
| #4 | CHARLIE KISSICK | 535407 | Owingsville Banking Company | 389060 | Owingsville, KY | ▲ 8594 (#9708 → #1114) | $2.8M | 14 |
| #5 | Jacob Cerqua | 1211757 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 8454 (#9639 → #1185) | $2.6M | 15 |
| #6 | Margaret Blackmer | 2023606 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 8391 (#9766 → #1375) | $2.2M | 11 |
| #7 | Steven Barnett | 1893382 | First Federal Savings Bank of Kentucky | 449672 | Danville, KY | ▲ 8255 (#8999 → #744) | $4.2M | 13 |
| #8 | Jody Burton | 2108700 | Everett Financial, Inc. | 2129 | — | ▲ 8226 (#9593 → #1367) | $2.2M | 12 |
| #9 | Jeremy Tabor | 556489 | EDMONTON STATE BANK | 479226 | Scottsville, KY | ▲ 8203 (#8860 → #657) | $4.7M | 8 |
| #10 | WENDELL LEWIS | 60434 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | London, KY | ▲ 8102 (#8829 → #727) | $4.2M | 24 |
| #11 | Mohamad Elsayed | 2071903 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Dearborn, MI | ▲ 8032 (#9939 → #1907) | $1.6M | 6 |
| #12 | Julie Whitson | 563856 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 8016 (#8899 → #883) | $3.6M | 7 |
| #13 | Gina Welling | 472302 | General Electric Credit Union | 449875 | Blue Ash, OH | ▲ 7969 (#9884 → #1915) | $1.5M | 26 |
| #14 | Alison Scott | 1933858 | L&N Federal Credit Union | 531738 | — | ▲ 7942 (#9149 → #1207) | $2.5M | 11 |
| #15 | Julie Hogue | 26300 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Lexington, KY | ▲ 7695 (#9603 → #1908) | $1.6M | 7 |
| #16 | Amanda Rhodaback | 1214736 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | — | ▲ 7690 (#9883 → #2193) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #17 | Dawndi LaValle | 488991 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Owensboro, KY | ▲ 7685 (#9463 → #1778) | $1.7M | 5 |
| #18 | Lauren Pomeroy | 410368 | CalCon Mutual Mortgage LLC | 46375 | San Diego, CA | ▲ 7589 (#9891 → #2302) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #19 | Karen Rodgers | 453850 | Raymond James Bank | 405712 | — | ▲ 7581 (#8393 → #812) | $3.8M | 8 |
| #20 | Leann Rose | 1879811 | Cinfed Federal Credit Union | 787678 | Florence, KY | ▲ 7581 (#9031 → #1450) | $2.1M | 17 |
| #21 | Dominic Carroll | 1941395 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 7569 (#9461 → #1892) | $1.6M | 9 |
| #22 | Eduardo Vazquez Sanchez | 2039213 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Lexington, KY | ▲ 7517 (#8999 → #1482) | $2.1M | 12 |
| #23 | Samuel Blythe | 2006306 | Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 72043 | — | ▲ 7488 (#8724 → #1236) | $2.5M | 13 |
| #24 | Latasha Hatcher | 1882045 | Limestone Bank, Inc. | 450016 | — | ▲ 7449 (#7599 → #150) | $12.4M | 13 |
| #25 | Kelly Swanson | 2156781 | Standard Mortgage Capital LLC | 1604663 | Harrodsburg, KY | ▲ 7425 (#8273 → #848) | $3.7M | 16 |
| #26 | Ruben Ruano | 214116 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | ▲ 7399 (#9078 → #1679) | $1.8M | 6 |
| #27 | amanda heady | 825223 | Magnolia Bank, Incorporated | 423028 | Elizabethtown, KY | ▲ 7368 (#8587 → #1219) | $2.5M | 7 |
| #28 | Daniel Cohen | 2168503 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | — | ▲ 7361 (#8470 → #1109) | $2.8M | 10 |
| #29 | Robby Lyons | 1012423 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 7330 (#9525 → #2195) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #30 | Lisa Oliver | 1608937 | Abound Federal Credit Union | 402678 | Bowling Green, KY | ▲ 7324 (#7334 → #10) | $40.9M | 9 |
| #31 | Joseph Huddleston | 2002678 | Taylor County Bank | 469367 | Campbellsville, KY | ▲ 7300 (#9587 → #2287) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #32 | Spencer Bliven | 882051 | Community Choice Credit Union | 405512 | Johnston, IA | ▲ 7276 (#9674 → #2398) | $1.2M | 2 |
| #33 | Stephanie Piester | 2026815 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 7252 (#8820 → #1568) | $1.9M | 11 |
| #34 | Amy Horton | 971254 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 7236 (#8664 → #1428) | $2.1M | 13 |
| #35 | David Lusby | 607837 | Whitaker Bank, Inc. | 455741 | Lexington, KY | ▲ 7179 (#9360 → #2181) | $1.3M | 3 |
| #36 | Nicole Pupino | 1956394 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 7140 (#9219 → #2079) | $1.4M | 18 |
| #37 | PAUL WARNER | 718120 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | — | ▲ 7132 (#9810 → #2678) | $1.1M | 4 |
| #38 | Steven Krantz | 2087224 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 7110 (#9188 → #2078) | $1.4M | 6 |
| #39 | Jordan Stevens | 1971303 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 7029 (#8831 → #1802) | $1.6M | 9 |
| #40 | Joseph Rodriguez | 250213 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Georgetown, TX | ▲ 7011 (#9838 → #2827) | $1.0M | 6 |
| #41 | Emmanuel Wright | 1804667 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 6986 (#8842 → #1856) | $1.6M | 16 |
| #42 | George Dunlap | 2115932 | Totally About Lending LLC | 2490020 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 6949 (#7188 → #239) | $9.8M | 54 |
| #43 | Bonnie Berry | 1496074 | Pinnacle Bank | 418535 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 6921 (#9942 → #3021) | $938K | 8 |
| #44 | Douglas Cox | 825929 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 6903 (#9895 → #2992) | $948K | 4 |
| #45 | Kevin Ha | 1796208 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 6872 (#8180 → #1308) | $2.3M | 22 |
| #46 | Aziz Molai | 412786 | Devon Bank | 412368 | — | ▲ 6840 (#9523 → #2683) | $1.1M | 1 |
| #47 | Megan King | 1516294 | First National Bank of Kentucky | 462639 | Carrollton, KY | ▲ 6817 (#8224 → #1407) | $2.2M | 7 |
| #48 | Meredith Keller | 1526782 | Everett Financial, Inc. | 2129 | Shepherdsville, KY | ▲ 6770 (#7420 → #650) | $4.7M | 35 |
| #49 | Brien Hanley | 258648 | Nationstar Mortgage LLC | 2119 | — | ▲ 6769 (#9272 → #2503) | $1.2M | 7 |
| #50 | Laurel McKenzie | 437049 | Pinnacle Bank | 418535 | Nashville, TN | ▲ 6769 (#9424 → #2655) | $1.1M | 1 |
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 — Kentucky (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-climbers-by-volume/2022
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