Leading rookies in North Dakota in 2025, 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 Russell Brawley (CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2683191), Avery Bennefeld (Guaranteed Rate, Inc., NMLS #2662228), and Jason Rush (Mortgage Research Center, LLC, NMLS #2675965).
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 | 2025 Volume | 2025 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Russell Brawley | 2683191 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Bismarck, ND | $1.3M | 5 | $266K |
| #1 | Avery Bennefeld | 2662228 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | West Fargo, ND | $1.4M | 5 | $288K |
| #3 | Jason Rush | 2675965 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | $1.6M | 4 | $409K |
| #4 | Caylee Morgan | 2691419 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $810K | 3 | $270K |
| #4 | Cole Christensen | 2172573 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $699K | 3 | $233K |
| #6 | Amanda Tiongson | 2676318 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | $669K | 2 | $334K |
| #6 | Sierra Nevala | 2751306 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | $1.0M | 2 | $500K |
| #6 | Jacqueline Pavon | 2732193 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $920K | 2 | $460K |
| #6 | Chloe Humble | 2707587 | American Pacific Mortgage Corporation | 1850 | Pequot Lakes, MN | $208K | 2 | $104K |
| #6 | Brooke Kozlowski | 2680587 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Sacramento, CA | $960K | 2 | $480K |
| #11 | Thomas Cush | 307651 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $295K | 1 | $295K |
| #11 | Jayden Gonzalez | 2752598 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $177K | 1 | $177K |
| #11 | Leonida Plushnick | 2701753 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $210K | 1 | $210K |
| #11 | Riley Denton | 2703978 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | — | $198K | 1 | $198K |
| #11 | Alex Andranovich | 2501436 | Sage Home Loans Corporation | 3304 | Fort Mill, SC | $288K | 1 | $288K |
| #11 | Amber James | 2718526 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $457K | 1 | $457K |
| #11 | Ryan O'Doherty | 2645401 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $175K | 1 | $175K |
| #11 | Rodney Selman | 2739426 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $249K | 1 | $249K |
| #11 | Joseph Cecio | 2717392 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | West Warwick, RI | $314K | 1 | $314K |
| #11 | Julian Gregory | 2718688 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $152K | 1 | $152K |
| #11 | Patrick Barry | 1639540 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | $254K | 1 | $254K |
| #11 | Brandon Roberts | 2730140 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | New Bedford, MA | $297K | 1 | $297K |
| #11 | Nathan Gray | 2704643 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | — | $203K | 1 | $203K |
| #11 | Sean Cavanaugh | 248870 | Mountain State Financial Group, LLC | 1314257 | San Diego, CA | $163K | 1 | $163K |
| #11 | Austin Green | 2732199 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $270K | 1 | $270K |
| #11 | Spencer Vaughan | 2746629 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | New Bedford, MA | $418K | 1 | $418K |
| #11 | Matthew Mariea | 2720368 | Brighton Bank | 892951 | Brighton, TN | $262K | 1 | $262K |
| #11 | Kimber Giallanzo | 2732191 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $207K | 1 | $207K |
| #11 | Isaac Jordahl | 2698623 | American Federal Bank | 457211 | Fargo, ND | $25K | 1 | $25K |
| #11 | James Drahuschak | 2655377 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $162K | 1 | $162K |
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 — North Dakota (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/north-dakota/top-rookie-by-units/2025
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