Retention champions in Kentucky in 2023, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of August 27, 2026, the top 3 include ROBERT SUETHOLZ (Guardian Savings Bank, NMLS #718136), Jason Deller (Guardian Savings Bank, NMLS #861531), and Lucy Hager (Meade County Bank, Inc., NMLS #613371).
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 | Retained Volume | Retained Loans | Retention Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ROBERT SUETHOLZ | 718136 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Ft Wright, KY | $4.0M | 12 | 57.1% |
| #2 | Jason Deller | 861531 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Cincinnati, OH | $2.6M | 11 | 84.6% |
| #3 | Lucy Hager | 613371 | Meade County Bank, Inc. | 469802 | Flaherty, KY | $2.8M | 10 | 90.9% |
| #3 | Nikolas Powers | 1459059 | Meade County Bank, Inc. | 469802 | Brandenburg, KY | $2.5M | 10 | 58.8% |
| #5 | Charles Jolly | 613378 | First State Bank | 460968 | Irvington, KY | $1.1M | 9 | 90.0% |
| #5 | Arin Wagner | 1277378 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Henderson, KY | $1.1M | 9 | 50.0% |
| #5 | Craig Stahl | 629706 | American Bank & Trust Company, Inc. | 554114 | Bowling Green, KY | $2.9M | 9 | 60.0% |
| #8 | David Vu | 706247 | Heritage Bank, Inc | 799554 | Florence, KY | $5.9M | 8 | 66.7% |
| #8 | Ethan Madison | 1543821 | Meade County Bank, Inc. | 469802 | Brandenburg, KY | $1.7M | 8 | 66.7% |
| #10 | Amy Ryan | 1760355 | West Point Bank | 460715 | Elizabethtown, KY | $1.5M | 6 | 54.5% |
| #10 | HOLLY STRADLING | 718119 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Ft Wright, KY | $591K | 6 | 60.0% |
| #10 | Steven Atwell | 40787 | EDMONTON STATE BANK | 479226 | Bowling Green, KY | $2.5M | 6 | 60.0% |
| #13 | Jason Lawrence | 52494 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Louisville, KY | $1.1M | 5 | 29.4% |
| #13 | Robin Knipp | 417271 | Commercial Bank of Grayson, The | 414400 | Grayson, KY | $930K | 5 | 45.5% |
| #13 | JASON LEONHARD | 718151 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Florence, KY | $874K | 5 | 35.7% |
| #13 | Logan Raley | 1215488 | L&N Federal Credit Union | 531738 | Louisville, KY | $1.3M | 5 | 38.5% |
| #13 | Zachary Chappell | 1835516 | FIRST UNITED BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, INC. | 498528 | — | $577K | 5 | 45.5% |
| #18 | Timothy Muffley | 415901 | DESCO FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 412993 | Ashland, KY | $169K | 4 | 30.8% |
| #18 | Jesse Cronen | 8821 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Louisville, KY | $993K | 4 | 13.8% |
| #18 | John Kenkel | 706245 | GERMAN AMERICAN BANK | 446859 | Lakeside Park, KY | $431K | 4 | 36.4% |
| #21 | Kenneth Prost | 63076 | Success Mortgage Partners, Inc. | 130562 | Cold Spring, KY | $461K | 3 | 16.7% |
| #21 | David Osburg | 142308 | Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 8259 | Fort Thomas, KY | $490K | 3 | 15.8% |
| #23 | Darrell DeVore | 266049 | Everett Financial, Inc. | 2129 | Shepherdsville, KY | $307K | 2 | 20.0% |
| #23 | Ravi Patel | 328529 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Cincinnati, OH | $620K | 2 | 14.3% |
| #23 | Timothy Eickhoff | 57427 | Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 8259 | Florence, KY | $154K | 2 | 16.7% |
| #26 | Verlon Davenport | 9054 | Peoples Exchange Bank | 527664 | Georgetown, KY | $10K | 1 | 10.0% |
| #26 | Dustin Mistelske | 1009890 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Louisville, KY | $90K | 1 | 9.1% |
| #26 | Jeffrey Sharp | 44462 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $404K | 1 | 9.1% |
| #26 | Thomas McNamara | 199793 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lakeside Park, KY | $135K | 1 | 8.3% |
| #26 | Kevin Brinkman | 57251 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Ft Mitchell, KY | $231K | 1 | 7.1% |
| #26 | Ryan Baxter | 4615 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | New Albany, IN | $200K | 1 | 7.1% |
| #26 | Amber Chinn | 935175 | Farmers Bank & Trust Company | 449868 | Madisonville, KY | $18K | 1 | 10.0% |
| #26 | Gayle Grant | 294842 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lakeside Park, KY | $164K | 1 | 7.1% |
| #26 | Clarence Hutton II | 19926 | Entrust Mortgage, LLC | 1563530 | Florence, KY | $226K | 1 | 9.1% |
| #26 | Sandra Lavender | 404666 | City National Bank of West Virginia | 431538 | Ashland, KY | $178K | 1 | 10.0% |
| #26 | Larry Swisher | 4568 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $460K | 1 | 10.0% |
| #26 | Kim Luckett | 529196 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Louisville, KY | $139K | 1 | 9.1% |
| #26 | Thomas hobbs | 63663 | MINTON MORTGAGE LOANS LLC | 2296908 | Ashland, KY | $296K | 1 | 4.0% |
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. Retention Champions by Loan Count — Kentucky (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-retention-by-units/2023
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