Leading rookies in Maryland in 2022, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of October 11, 2026, the top 3 include JOHNSON AKAROLO (AAROW MORTGAGE SERVICES CORPORATION, NMLS #327923), Shannon Gopaul (Potomac Trust Mortgage Company LLC, NMLS #2281885), and Geoff Ricker (Bay Capital Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #455886).
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 | 2022 Volume | 2022 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | JOHNSON AKAROLO | 327923 | AAROW MORTGAGE SERVICES CORPORATION | 2549262 | Crofton, MD | $18.0M | 36 | $501K |
| #2 | Shannon Gopaul | 2281885 | Potomac Trust Mortgage Company LLC | 205798 | Alexandria, VA | $12.1M | 29 | $418K |
| #3 | Geoff Ricker | 455886 | Bay Capital Mortgage Corporation | 39610 | Annapolis, MD | $9.5M | 28 | $339K |
| #4 | Christopher McPherson | 2282592 | River City Mortgage LLC | 142954 | — | $9.9M | 27 | $367K |
| #4 | Gregory Domico | 1007615 | NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. | 1127 | Frederick, MD | $12.2M | 27 | $451K |
| #6 | Brady Wiley | 2294616 | Commonwealth Mortgage Inc | 1294595 | — | $6.1M | 18 | $337K |
| #6 | Lilly Soriano | 2328818 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $7.0M | 18 | $389K |
| #8 | Allyson Stough | 2175292 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Wayne, PA | $5.3M | 14 | $378K |
| #9 | Cherie Bell | 414585 | Guidance Mortgage LLC | 220081 | — | $951K | 13 | $73K |
| #9 | DESSIE HERBERT | 483837 | Maryland MM LLC | 2252404 | White Plains, MD | $5.0M | 13 | $381K |
| #11 | Melinee Larry | 2373096 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | $4.9M | 12 | $405K |
| #11 | Tarsha Phillibert | 2103479 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | — | $3.2M | 12 | $268K |
| #13 | Margarita Mendez | 2338336 | FourLeaf Federal Credit Union | 449104 | Bethpage, NY | $942K | 10 | $94K |
| #13 | Aaron Lamkin | 2278887 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $2.6M | 10 | $263K |
| #13 | Sunny Medrano | 2264476 | Sage Home Loans Corporation | 3304 | Fort Mill, SC | $3.3M | 10 | $333K |
| #13 | Nicholas Sieminski | 2141261 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Linthicum, MD | $2.7M | 10 | $267K |
| #17 | Priscilla Arrieta | 1536093 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | 381076 | Linthicum, MD | $3.6M | 9 | $397K |
| #17 | Vialdy Baez | 2300738 | Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 3094 | Towson, MD | $2.4M | 9 | $262K |
| #17 | Meredith Cain | 2253557 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $3.0M | 9 | $331K |
| #17 | Steve Arniotes | 2304427 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $1.9M | 9 | $209K |
| #21 | Miranda Waddell | 2328816 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $3.4M | 8 | $431K |
| #21 | Douglas Reyes | 2266319 | Mortgage Link Services LLC | 2017350 | Silver Spring, MD | $2.6M | 8 | $331K |
| #21 | James Kyle | 1001845 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | — | $2.2M | 8 | $278K |
| #21 | YIN HUANG | 1924652 | TopOne Mortgage, Inc. | 208532 | Rockville, MD | $3.5M | 8 | $433K |
| #25 | Dylan Maister | 2297771 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $2.1M | 7 | $303K |
| #25 | WILLIAM MORGAN | 2283322 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Salisbury, MD | $1.8M | 7 | $263K |
| #25 | Christen Ceron | 2358021 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $3.3M | 7 | $465K |
| #25 | Colin Radcliffe | 2320118 | ORRSTOWN BANK | 440200 | — | $3.0M | 7 | $429K |
| #25 | Macey Kornely | 2328817 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $2.9M | 7 | $418K |
| #25 | Heather Kimmons | 2324088 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $1.7M | 7 | $243K |
| #31 | Ali Murtaza | 660331 | Blue Ink Mortgage, LLC | 1937675 | — | $2.6M | 6 | $441K |
| #31 | Harvonne Avery | 2315471 | Citizens Bank, National Association | 433960 | Cincinnati, OH | $500K | 6 | $83K |
| #31 | Daniel Prince | 2181869 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | — | $1.8M | 6 | $302K |
| #31 | Soon Kinney | 2284835 | OM Mortgage, LLC | 1972491 | — | $1.8M | 6 | $304K |
| #31 | Holly Wallace | 2308737 | STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION OF MARYLAND INC. | 458591 | Salisbury, MD | $377K | 6 | $63K |
| #31 | Daniel DiStefano | 2280243 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Timonium, MD | $1.6M | 6 | $260K |
| #31 | Nicole Fiscella | 2265049 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Lutherville, MD | $2.4M | 6 | $401K |
| #31 | Lakisha Johnson | 2322731 | Citizens Bank, National Association | 433960 | Cincinnati, OH | $518K | 6 | $86K |
| #31 | Jessica Wootel | 2308230 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $282K | 6 | $47K |
| #31 | Maria Belin | 2328821 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $2.4M | 6 | $407K |
| #31 | Justin Howard | 2289658 | Lendage, LLC | 1810501 | Tempe, AZ | $418K | 6 | $70K |
| #31 | Priscilla Zavala | 2333114 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $492K | 6 | $82K |
| #43 | Kuohuei Feng | 2320517 | Citizens Bank, National Association | 433960 | Potomac, MD | $2.0M | 5 | $391K |
| #43 | Aaron Carter | 2279816 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | — | $1.1M | 5 | $227K |
| #43 | Mark Belcher | 2235857 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | — | $1.2M | 5 | $247K |
| #43 | Daijah Balfour | 2237779 | 1st Financial, Inc. | 185076 | — | $1.3M | 5 | $269K |
| #43 | Brandon Greenhill | 2306204 | Titan Mutual Lending Inc. | 1604483 | — | $1.3M | 5 | $265K |
| #43 | Joshua Hasak | 2304700 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $1.3M | 5 | $266K |
| #43 | Eliza Middleton | 2133214 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | — | $1.2M | 5 | $235K |
| #43 | Amelia Pineda | 2409680 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $2.0M | 5 | $394K |
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 Loan Count — Maryland (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/maryland/top-rookie-by-units/2022
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