Leading rookies in Pennsylvania in 2023, 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 Katelyn Brien (Members 1st Federal Credit Union, NMLS #2472271), Joseph Fazelyar (TRUENERGY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, NMLS #2463668), and Michelle Kuzar (Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union, NMLS #125425).
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 | 2023 Volume | 2023 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Katelyn Brien | 2472271 | Members 1st Federal Credit Union | 504564 | — | $16.5M | 278 | $59K |
| #2 | Joseph Fazelyar | 2463668 | TRUENERGY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 409280 | Springfield, VA | $7.7M | 25 | $307K |
| #3 | Michelle Kuzar | 125425 | Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union | 189511 | Indiana, PA | $5.2M | 113 | $46K |
| #4 | Allison Frassa | 2364021 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Hamburg, NJ | $5.1M | 19 | $270K |
| #5 | NIcolas Sosa | 2416186 | Ixonia Bank | 423065 | Brookfield, WI | $4.8M | 30 | $160K |
| #6 | Justin Lee | 1680067 | Northeast Equitable Mortgage LLC | 894392 | Blue Bell, PA | $3.6M | 12 | $298K |
| #7 | Karen Reed | 2532399 | Members 1st Federal Credit Union | 504564 | Enola, PA | $2.9M | 47 | $63K |
| #8 | Angelica Tedesco | 2431531 | Howard Hanna Financial Services, Inc. | 101561 | Pittsburgh, PA | $2.8M | 11 | $259K |
| #9 | Mario Carannante | 2461405 | Mortgage America, Inc. | 128501 | Wyomissing, PA | $2.6M | 11 | $240K |
| #10 | Shyamsundar Ramasamy | 2414154 | Apt Mortgage Loan LLC | 2423119 | Coppell, TX | $2.5M | 6 | $424K |
| #11 | Samantha Whitworth | 1684070 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Canonsburg, PA | $2.5M | 12 | $209K |
| #12 | Larry Yoder | 2459206 | Integrity Home Mortgage Corporation | 208516 | — | $2.2M | 10 | $222K |
| #13 | Hayley Bialecki | 2469552 | First Technology Federal Credit Union | 466914 | — | $2.2M | 4 | $555K |
| #14 | jin zhang | 1923890 | OrangePath Financial Inc. | 2070941 | Flushing, NY | $2.1M | 10 | $210K |
| #15 | William Rodriguez | 2419083 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Bethlehem, PA | $1.9M | 8 | $232K |
| #16 | Nicole Peraino | 2453211 | UMortgage LLC | 1457759 | Philadelphia, PA | $1.7M | 7 | $246K |
| #17 | Elena Flynn | 2468702 | Mid-Atlantic Funding Inc | 116796 | Dunmore, PA | $1.7M | 11 | $154K |
| #18 | Christopher Curtin | 2411278 | First Colony Mortgage Corporation | 3112 | Pleasant Grove, UT | $1.5M | 5 | $297K |
| #19 | Andrew Wenger | 1643371 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Hardeeville, SC | $1.4M | 5 | $290K |
| #20 | Ryan Barbalios | 2359270 | Acre Mortgage & Financial, Inc. | 13988 | Riviera Beach, FL | $1.4M | 5 | $276K |
| #21 | Yemdry Perdomo | 2496696 | Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation | 176743 | Fairfield, NJ | $1.4M | 8 | $170K |
| #22 | Caley Phillips | 2467666 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Pittsburgh, PA | $1.3M | 7 | $184K |
| #23 | Dilip Thapa | 2436473 | INTRA-NATIONAL MORTGAGE INC. | 2620605 | Blacklick, OH | $1.3M | 4 | $321K |
| #24 | Joshua Freels | 2474626 | Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation | 176743 | Fairfield, NJ | $1.3M | 6 | $213K |
| #25 | Semih Yuksel | 2366049 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Sewell, NJ | $1.2M | 6 | $207K |
| #26 | Jacqueline Ruggier | 2461462 | Dollar Bank, a Federal Savings Bank | 410342 | Pittsburgh, PA | $1.2M | 21 | $58K |
| #27 | Jaylen Shelton | 2462825 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.2M | 14 | $85K |
| #28 | James Gayan | 2472066 | Dollar Bank, a Federal Savings Bank | 410342 | Gibsonia, PA | $1.1M | 11 | $99K |
| #29 | Andrea Pasco | 2474115 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Columbia, MD | $1.1M | 6 | $180K |
| #30 | Lauren Dodson | 2433921 | Mortgage Craft, LLC | 130785 | — | $1.1M | 3 | $357K |
| #31 | David Fields | 2440775 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | $1.1M | 4 | $266K |
| #32 | James Silva | 2368437 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Brigantine, NJ | $1.0M | 2 | $507K |
| #33 | David Bierema | 2458296 | Reliance First Capital, LLC | 58775 | — | $1.0M | 4 | $251K |
| #34 | Narayan Bhandari | 2388022 | CAPLEND MORTGAGE INC | 2366706 | Harrisburg, PA | $973K | 3 | $324K |
| #35 | Carlos Mantilla | 2349620 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $956K | 3 | $319K |
| #36 | Annamarie DeFrank | 2464314 | DAS Acquisition Company, LLC | 227262 | Canonsburg, PA | $949K | 5 | $190K |
| #37 | Tyler Stracuzzi | 2484631 | Univest Bank and Trust Co. | 415882 | — | $931K | 7 | $133K |
| #38 | LYUDMYLA LAOUGINE | 2419188 | Mortgage Easy, Inc. | 57983 | Brooklyn, NY | $907K | 3 | $302K |
| #39 | Honey Hill | 2067190 | American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC | 338923 | Plano, TX | $904K | 4 | $226K |
| #40 | Alexander Nemirovskiy | 2492513 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Melville, NY | $875K | 1 | $875K |
| #41 | Alexxis Rogers | 2443359 | Royal United Mortgage LLC | 13390 | — | $862K | 8 | $108K |
| #42 | Ann Marie Park | 1479298 | Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC | 139164 | Gainesville, FL | $859K | 4 | $215K |
| #43 | Daniel Fruehan | 2467670 | Reliance First Capital, LLC | 58775 | — | $822K | 5 | $164K |
| #44 | Jamieson Marino | 2462824 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $804K | 7 | $115K |
| #45 | Christina Mattis | 1619396 | Dollar Bank, a Federal Savings Bank | 410342 | Irwin, PA | $793K | 12 | $66K |
| #46 | Amanda McDonald | 2499752 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Winchester, VA | $793K | 4 | $198K |
| #47 | Nicole Herget | 2485696 | Lending Heights, LLC | 1425476 | Oakmont, PA | $746K | 2 | $373K |
| #48 | Rena Tilghman | 2462827 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $736K | 8 | $92K |
| #49 | Stacy Barton | 2407580 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | $718K | 3 | $239K |
| #50 | Frida Reyes-Vazquez | 2564771 | Embold Federal Credit Union | 709344 | — | $680K | 1 | $680K |
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 — Pennsylvania (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/pennsylvania/top-rookie-by-volume/2023
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