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 October 11, 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 | Cole Christensen | 2172573 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $699K | 3 | $233K |
| #4 | Caylee Morgan | 2691419 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $810K | 3 | $270K |
| #6 | Sierra Nevala | 2751306 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | $1.0M | 2 | $500K |
| #6 | Amanda Tiongson | 2676318 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | $669K | 2 | $334K |
| #6 | Brooke Kozlowski | 2680587 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Sacramento, CA | $960K | 2 | $480K |
| #6 | Chloe Humble | 2707587 | American Pacific Mortgage Corporation | 1850 | Pequot Lakes, MN | $208K | 2 | $104K |
| #6 | Jacqueline Pavon | 2732193 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $920K | 2 | $460K |
| #11 | Alex Andranovich | 2501436 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $288K | 1 | $288K |
| #11 | James Drahuschak | 2655377 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $162K | 1 | $162K |
| #11 | Spencer Vaughan | 2746629 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | New Bedford, MA | $418K | 1 | $418K |
| #11 | Patrick Barry | 1639540 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | $254K | 1 | $254K |
| #11 | Nathan Gray | 2704643 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | — | $203K | 1 | $203K |
| #11 | Jayden Gonzalez | 2752598 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $177K | 1 | $177K |
| #11 | Isaac Jordahl | 2698623 | American Federal Bank | 457211 | Fargo, ND | $25K | 1 | $25K |
| #11 | Sean Cavanaugh | 248870 | Mountain State Financial Group, LLC | 1314257 | Westminster, CO | $163K | 1 | $163K |
| #11 | Amber James | 2718526 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $457K | 1 | $457K |
| #11 | Austin Green | 2732199 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $270K | 1 | $270K |
| #11 | Thomas Cush | 307651 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $295K | 1 | $295K |
| #11 | Rodney Selman | 2739426 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $249K | 1 | $249K |
| #11 | Leonida Plushnick | 2701753 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | — | $210K | 1 | $210K |
| #11 | Kimber Giallanzo | 2732191 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $207K | 1 | $207K |
| #11 | Ryan O'Doherty | 2645401 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $175K | 1 | $175K |
| #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 | Matthew Mariea | 2720368 | Brighton Bank | 892951 | Brighton, TN | $262K | 1 | $262K |
| #11 | Riley Denton | 2703978 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | — | $198K | 1 | $198K |
| #11 | Brandon Roberts | 2730140 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | New Bedford, MA | $297K | 1 | $297K |
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 October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/north-dakota/top-rookie-by-units/2025
Powered by ChatMMI