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 July 13, 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 | ▲ 9585 (#9675 → #90) | $16.4M | 54 |
| #2 | REBEKEH SHIELDS | 460476 | Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company | 433971 | Cincinnati, OH | ▲ 9246 (#9996 → #750) | $4.2M | 7 |
| #3 | Brad Phillips | 874329 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | — | ▲ 8976 (#9166 → #190) | $11.4M | 75 |
| #4 | Jacob Cerqua | 1211757 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 8484 (#9692 → #1208) | $2.6M | 15 |
| #5 | CHARLIE KISSICK | 535407 | Owingsville Banking Company | 389060 | Owingsville, KY | ▲ 8468 (#9759 → #1291) | $2.4M | 12 |
| #6 | Margaret Blackmer | 2023606 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 8416 (#9818 → #1402) | $2.2M | 11 |
| #7 | Jeremy Tabor | 556489 | EDMONTON STATE BANK | 479226 | Scottsville, KY | ▲ 8290 (#8913 → #623) | $5.0M | 9 |
| #8 | Jody Burton | 2108700 | Everett Financial, Inc. | 2129 | — | ▲ 8251 (#9645 → #1394) | $2.2M | 12 |
| #9 | WENDELL LEWIS | 60434 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | London, KY | ▲ 8162 (#8883 → #721) | $4.4M | 25 |
| #10 | Mohamad Elsayed | 2071903 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Dearborn, MI | ▲ 8047 (#9990 → #1943) | $1.6M | 6 |
| #11 | Julie Whitson | 563856 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Remote Ohio, OH | ▲ 8046 (#8952 → #906) | $3.6M | 7 |
| #12 | Gina Welling | 472302 | General Electric Credit Union | 449875 | Blue Ash, OH | ▲ 7984 (#9935 → #1951) | $1.5M | 26 |
| #13 | Alison Scott | 1933858 | L&N Federal Credit Union | 531738 | — | ▲ 7965 (#9201 → #1236) | $2.5M | 11 |
| #14 | Julie Hogue | 26300 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Lexington, KY | ▲ 7711 (#9655 → #1944) | $1.6M | 7 |
| #15 | Karen Rodgers | 453850 | Raymond James Bank | 405712 | — | ▲ 7704 (#8434 → #730) | $4.3M | 9 |
| #16 | Dawndi LaValle | 488991 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Owensboro, KY | ▲ 7699 (#9513 → #1814) | $1.7M | 5 |
| #17 | Amanda Rhodaback | 1214736 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | — | ▲ 7698 (#9934 → #2236) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #18 | Leann Rose | 1879811 | Cinfed Federal Credit Union | 787678 | Florence, KY | ▲ 7609 (#9082 → #1473) | $2.1M | 17 |
| #19 | Lauren Pomeroy | 410368 | American Financial Resources, LLC | 2826 | Parsippany, NJ | ▲ 7596 (#9942 → #2346) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #20 | Dominic Carroll | 1941395 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 7582 (#9511 → #1929) | $1.6M | 9 |
| #21 | Eduardo Vazquez Sanchez | 2039213 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Lexington, KY | ▲ 7544 (#9051 → #1507) | $2.1M | 12 |
| #22 | Samuel Blythe | 2006306 | Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 72043 | — | ▲ 7515 (#8776 → #1261) | $2.5M | 13 |
| #23 | Kelly Swanson | 2156781 | Standard Mortgage Capital LLC | 1604663 | Harrodsburg, KY | ▲ 7513 (#8312 → #799) | $4.0M | 18 |
| #24 | Latasha Hatcher | 1882045 | Limestone Bank, Inc. | 450016 | — | ▲ 7485 (#7641 → #156) | $12.4M | 13 |
| #25 | Ruben Ruano | 214116 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | ▲ 7411 (#9129 → #1718) | $1.8M | 6 |
| #26 | Stephanie Piester | 2026815 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 7386 (#8874 → #1488) | $2.1M | 12 |
| #27 | amanda heady | 825223 | Magnolia Bank, Incorporated | 423028 | Elizabethtown, KY | ▲ 7385 (#8631 → #1246) | $2.5M | 7 |
| #28 | Daniel Cohen | 2168503 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | — | ▲ 7381 (#8512 → #1131) | $2.8M | 10 |
| #29 | Lisa Oliver | 1608937 | Abound Federal Credit Union | 402678 | Bowling Green, KY | ▲ 7364 (#7374 → #10) | $40.9M | 9 |
| #30 | Robby Lyons | 1012423 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7339 (#9577 → #2238) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #31 | Joseph Huddleston | 2002678 | Taylor County Bank | 469367 | Campbellsville, KY | ▲ 7307 (#9639 → #2332) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #32 | Spencer Bliven | 882051 | Community Choice Credit Union | 405512 | Johnston, IA | ▲ 7283 (#9726 → #2443) | $1.2M | 2 |
| #33 | Amy Horton | 971254 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 7263 (#8714 → #1451) | $2.1M | 13 |
| #34 | David Lusby | 607837 | Whitaker Bank, Inc. | 455741 | Lexington, KY | ▲ 7187 (#9410 → #2223) | $1.3M | 3 |
| #35 | Nicole Pupino | 1956394 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 7148 (#9270 → #2122) | $1.4M | 18 |
| #36 | PAUL WARNER | 718120 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | — | ▲ 7134 (#9861 → #2727) | $1.1M | 4 |
| #37 | Steven Krantz | 2087224 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 7118 (#9239 → #2121) | $1.4M | 6 |
| #38 | Joseph Rodriguez | 250213 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Georgetown, TX | ▲ 7014 (#9888 → #2874) | $1.0M | 6 |
| #39 | George Dunlap | 2115932 | Totally About Lending LLC | 2490020 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 7011 (#7232 → #221) | $10.5M | 56 |
| #40 | Emmanuel Wright | 1804667 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 7002 (#8894 → #1892) | $1.6M | 16 |
| #41 | Bonnie Berry | 1496074 | Pinnacle Bank | 418535 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 6926 (#9993 → #3067) | $938K | 8 |
| #42 | Douglas Cox | 825929 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 6907 (#9946 → #3039) | $948K | 4 |
| #43 | Kevin Ha | 1796208 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 6890 (#8222 → #1332) | $2.3M | 22 |
| #44 | Aziz Molai | 412786 | Devon Bank | 412368 | — | ▲ 6844 (#9575 → #2731) | $1.1M | 1 |
| #45 | Megan King | 1516294 | First National Bank of Kentucky | 462639 | Carrollton, KY | ▲ 6831 (#8264 → #1433) | $2.2M | 7 |
| #46 | ANNA BRINKLEY | 1224187 | First Southern National Bank | 409424 | Bowling Green, KY | ▲ 6773 (#8884 → #2111) | $1.4M | 4 |
| #47 | Brien Hanley | 258648 | Nationstar Mortgage LLC | 2119 | — | ▲ 6769 (#9322 → #2553) | $1.2M | 7 |
| #48 | Laurel McKenzie | 437049 | Pinnacle Bank | 418535 | Nashville, TN | ▲ 6769 (#9474 → #2705) | $1.1M | 1 |
| #49 | Maya Copper-Reynolds | 1742669 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6768 (#9195 → #2427) | $1.2M | 8 |
| #50 | Tamara Vogler | 433412 | FIRSTBANK | 472433 | Bowling Green, KY | ▲ 6712 (#8062 → #1350) | $2.3M | 7 |
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 July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-climbers-by-volume/2022
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