Leading rookies in Louisiana in 2026 so far, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of October 9, 2026, the top 3 include Marie Richard (Red River Bank, NMLS #2819102), Destiny Augustus (Intelligent Mortgage and Consulting Services LLC, NMLS #2607541), and Shannon Taylor (Red River Bank, NMLS #2819091).
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 | YTD Volume | YTD Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Marie Richard | 2819102 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Baton Rouge, LA | $50.0M | 1 | $50.0M |
| #2 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Intelligent Mortgage and Consulting Services LLC | 1094177 | Baton Rouge, LA | $11.2M | 45 | $249K |
| #3 | Shannon Taylor | 2819091 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Alexandria, LA | $2.2M | 12 | $181K |
| #4 | Charla Smith | 1651741 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Loganville, GA | $2.1M | 8 | $257K |
| #5 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | Zenta Mortgage Services, LLC | 181658 | Sacramento, CA | $1.9M | 7 | $278K |
| #6 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $1.7M | 9 | $186K |
| #7 | Kelly Clayton | 2806768 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Covington, LA | $1.4M | 5 | $285K |
| #8 | Corey Borkowski | 1428800 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Troy, MI | $1.3M | 4 | $323K |
| #9 | Lamar Hermiz | 2817682 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | Troy, MI | $1.2M | 3 | $400K |
| #10 | Tyler Bryson | 2830784 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $1.2M | 4 | $291K |
| #11 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $1.1M | 8 | $139K |
| #12 | Zachary Thiels | 1560838 | American South Financial Services, L.L.C. | 69331 | Alexandria, LA | $1.1M | 4 | $273K |
| #13 | Aja George | 2776519 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $972K | 2 | $486K |
| #14 | Shirley Marquina | 2817987 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $938K | 5 | $188K |
| #15 | Alyssa Whaley | 2794654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $903K | 4 | $226K |
| #16 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $879K | 4 | $220K |
| #17 | Evans McDonald | 2821394 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $753K | 6 | $126K |
| #18 | Dhevin Williams | 2811894 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $670K | 3 | $223K |
| #19 | Anna Brown | 1235265 | Public Service Mortgage Inc. | 103927 | Pineville, LA | $664K | 4 | $166K |
| #20 | Jackson Houston | 2811903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $662K | 3 | $221K |
| #21 | Terri Smith | 2779763 | Third Coast Lending LLC | 2640651 | New Orleans, LA | $652K | 2 | $326K |
| #22 | David Durmowicz | 2810222 | South River Mortgage, LLC | 1854524 | Annapolis, MD | $645K | 2 | $323K |
| #23 | Robert Darrah | 2662191 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | Covington, LA | $633K | 3 | $211K |
| #24 | Arielle Rippley | 2780286 | AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC | 135776 | Westlake Village, CA | $629K | 1 | $629K |
| #25 | Matthew Martinez | 2780230 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $586K | 2 | $293K |
| #26 | Juston Hill | 2784877 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Plano, TX | $579K | 3 | $193K |
| #27 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $564K | 3 | $188K |
| #28 | Jacob Naylor | 2786989 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $554K | 2 | $277K |
| #29 | Carolina Decker | 830021 | Northstar Mortgage LLC | 2430663 | Phoenix, AZ | $545K | 4 | $136K |
| #30 | Candice Rouhotas | 2838578 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $544K | 1 | $544K |
| #31 | Bradley Bardarik | 2814371 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | — | $534K | 1 | $534K |
| #32 | Andrew Curtiss | 1076625 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $521K | 2 | $260K |
| #33 | Jeremy Plofsky | 2801930 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $520K | 2 | $260K |
| #34 | Taylor Bills | 2785218 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $512K | 3 | $171K |
| #35 | Denny Yang | 2801520 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $493K | 2 | $247K |
| #36 | Timothy Hixon | 2791931 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | $490K | 2 | $245K |
| #37 | Seth Brown | 2784658 | Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC | 2600 | Franklin, TN | $489K | 3 | $163K |
| #38 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $484K | 5 | $97K |
| #39 | David Smith | 2840810 | Bank of Abbeville & Trust Company | 810582 | Abbeville, LA | $456K | 2 | $228K |
| #40 | Diana Duran-Najera | 2720110 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $425K | 1 | $425K |
| #41 | Braden Bethea | 2815467 | US FINANCIAL GROUP, INC | 87325 | Lake Charles, LA | $418K | 2 | $209K |
| #42 | Clarence Gregory | 2821344 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $406K | 5 | $81K |
| #43 | Sahibzada Mirza | 2827637 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $406K | 4 | $101K |
| #44 | Mark Chewning | 2849091 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $387K | 1 | $387K |
| #45 | CyeNyla Hall | 2773617 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | $384K | 2 | $192K |
| #46 | Connor McAree | 2799931 | Reliance First Capital, LLC | 58775 | Franklin, TN | $370K | 2 | $185K |
| #47 | Amber Blake | 2830642 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $364K | 2 | $182K |
| #48 | Deanna Hyatt | 2703642 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $360K | 2 | $180K |
| #49 | Hannah Corb | 2651550 | CTH Mortgage, LLC | 1897443 | Ponchatoula, LA | $356K | 1 | $356K |
| #50 | Michael Madden | 2778624 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $354K | 2 | $177K |
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 — Louisiana. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 9, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/louisiana/top-rookie-by-volume
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