Retention champions in Louisiana in 2025, 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 Stephanie Barto (GMFS LLC, NMLS #71339), Hung Le (Movement Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #205697), and JOSEPH PIEL (First Federal Bank, NMLS #365511).
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 | Stephanie Barto | 71339 | GMFS LLC | 64997 | Covington, LA | $10.9M | 27 | 24.3% |
| #2 | Hung Le | 205697 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Metairie, LA | $7.7M | 20 | 38.5% |
| #3 | JOSEPH PIEL | 365511 | First Federal Bank | 408902 | New Orleans, LA | $5.7M | 8 | 36.4% |
| #4 | Kelly Wheeler | 973166 | Veritas Lending Group, LLC | 2575822 | Covington, LA | $4.7M | 5 | 41.7% |
| #5 | David Brian | 97596 | Gulf Mortgage Group LLC | 69545 | Prairieville, LA | $4.5M | 13 | 68.4% |
| #6 | Ryan Thomassie | 350514 | First Federal Bank | 408902 | New Orleans, LA | $4.1M | 7 | 35.0% |
| #7 | Ryan Larussa | 96565 | Synergy One Lending, Inc. | 1907235 | Baton Rouge, LA | $4.0M | 10 | 21.7% |
| #8 | Paxton Fellers | 707708 | ARGENT LENDING LLC | 2342251 | Mandeville, LA | $3.8M | 11 | 91.7% |
| #9 | Alishea Pipkin | 626330 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Shreveport, LA | $3.8M | 16 | 66.7% |
| #10 | Jason Jackson | 134909 | GMFS LLC | 64997 | Baton Rouge, LA | $3.7M | 5 | 25.0% |
| #11 | Matthew Winkelpleck | 424265 | Century Next Bank | 411560 | Ruston, LA | $3.4M | 6 | 42.9% |
| #12 | Scott Forte | 102756 | Eustis Mortgage Corporation | 70345 | Covington, LA | $3.3M | 5 | 20.8% |
| #13 | Joseph Williams | 276726 | Newland Mortgage, Inc. | 1833416 | Prairieville, LA | $3.1M | 6 | 27.3% |
| #14 | David Garretson | 91798 | Crescent City Home Mortgage, LLC | 1545586 | Madisonville, LA | $3.0M | 8 | 29.6% |
| #15 | Kristen OKeefe | 690275 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | Covington, LA | $2.9M | 4 | 23.5% |
| #16 | William Persohn | 65095 | Premier Lending, LLC | 41105 | Kenner, LA | $2.9M | 4 | 23.5% |
| #17 | Jaclyn Litton | 88420 | Origin Bank | 455990 | Shreveport, LA | $2.8M | 8 | 11.6% |
| #18 | Leslie O'Neal | 298621 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Irvine, CA | $2.7M | 8 | 80.0% |
| #19 | Nicholas Terito | 684689 | Area Home Lending, LLC | 75386 | Walker, LA | $2.7M | 9 | 42.9% |
| #20 | Corey Knotts | 1921130 | DSLD Mortgage, LLC | 120308 | Baton Rouge, LA | $2.5M | 9 | 19.6% |
| #21 | Benjamin LeBlanc | 2187518 | South Street Mortgage, LLC | 2705525 | Lafayette, LA | $2.5M | 6 | 46.2% |
| #22 | Michelle Hylton | 801631 | Abbeville Building and Loan, a State Chartered Savings Bank | 774678 | Abbeville, LA | $2.4M | 15 | 51.7% |
| #23 | Tenesha Evans | 545334 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Shreveport, LA | $2.4M | 10 | 76.9% |
| #24 | Joshua Smira | 1352399 | Live Oak Lending, LLC | 1964958 | Destrehan, LA | $2.4M | 4 | 26.7% |
| #25 | John Culverhouse | 106308 | ANECA Federal Credit Union | 403632 | Shreveport, LA | $2.3M | 5 | 26.3% |
| #26 | Lisi Holman | 546904 | Carter Federal Credit Union | 469343 | — | $2.3M | 4 | 12.5% |
| #27 | David Barber | 97535 | Home Federal Bank | 503926 | Shreveport, LA | $2.2M | 15 | 41.7% |
| #28 | Mark Griffin | 285621 | Synergy One Lending, Inc. | 1907235 | Baton Rouge, LA | $2.2M | 8 | 33.3% |
| #29 | Jeremy Castille | 1421097 | Cornerstone First Mortgage, LLC | 173855 | Lafayette, LA | $2.1M | 6 | 17.6% |
| #30 | Jack Boasberg | 111912 | First Federal Bank | 408902 | Metairie, LA | $2.1M | 4 | 40.0% |
| #31 | Philip Pemberton | 858648 | Builders Choice Mortgage LLC | 2275047 | Lake Charles, LA | $2.0M | 5 | 41.7% |
| #32 | Ryan Rouhana | 1624024 | OnPath Federal Credit Union | 401089 | Metairie, LA | $2.0M | 4 | 30.8% |
| #33 | Aimia Mire | 128546 | GMFS LLC | 64997 | Lafayette, LA | $1.9M | 5 | 8.6% |
| #34 | CHRISTOPHER BRINSON | 823082 | First Horizon Bank | 472329 | New Orleans, LA | $1.9M | 5 | 29.4% |
| #35 | Lynn Sharer | 80968 | Assurance Financial Group, L.L.C. | 70876 | Baton Rouge, LA | $1.8M | 3 | 27.3% |
| #36 | Lora Weinstein | 1270829 | APPROVED MORTGAGE, LLC | 1603378 | Lafayette, LA | $1.7M | 7 | 53.8% |
| #37 | Dwayne Stein | 175109 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Mandeville, LA | $1.7M | 6 | 40.0% |
| #38 | Gregory Price | 1494022 | GMFS LLC | 64997 | Baton Rouge, LA | $1.6M | 4 | 40.0% |
| #39 | Nathan Braud | 89312 | American South Financial Services, L.L.C. | 69331 | Thibodaux, LA | $1.6M | 6 | 17.1% |
| #40 | Courtney Arceneaux | 829307 | Assurance Financial Group, L.L.C. | 70876 | Houma, LA | $1.5M | 6 | 46.2% |
| #41 | Susie Dartlon | 419431 | Eagle Bank and Trust Company | 410317 | Monroe, LA | $1.5M | 8 | 14.8% |
| #42 | Benjamin Leonards | 122813 | MILESTONE MORTGAGE LLC. | 1845221 | Lafayette, LA | $1.5M | 5 | 31.3% |
| #43 | Wesley Edwards | 131432 | Everett Financial, Inc. | 2129 | Mandeville, LA | $1.5M | 3 | 16.7% |
| #44 | Kate LaBorde | 1747973 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Alexandria, LA | $1.5M | 6 | 33.3% |
| #45 | Jason Vick | 716198 | GMFS LLC | 64997 | Baton Rouge, LA | $1.4M | 5 | 26.3% |
| #46 | Christopher Lewis | 950192 | ChrisLewis., LLC | 2609361 | Baton Rouge, LA | $1.3M | 5 | 29.4% |
| #47 | Jenifer McManus | 1110806 | Century Next Bank | 411560 | Ruston, LA | $1.3M | 4 | 28.6% |
| #48 | David Wimberly | 1192336 | Assurance Financial Group, L.L.C. | 70876 | Shreveport, LA | $1.3M | 4 | 33.3% |
| #49 | Austin Shumaker | 1490573 | South Street Mortgage, LLC | 2705525 | Lafayette, LA | $1.3M | 4 | 13.3% |
| #50 | Bradley Johnson | 92925 | GMFS LLC | 64997 | Baton Rouge, LA | $1.3M | 4 | 22.2% |
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 Volume — Louisiana (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/louisiana/top-retention-by-volume/2025
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