Biggest climbers in South Dakota 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 August 23, 2026, the top 3 include Sharifa Galab (Rocket Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2239473), Darla Jones (BankWest, Incorporated, NMLS #747401), and Lydia Shepherd (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2088709).
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 | Rank Change | YTD Volume | YTD Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Sharifa Galab | 2239473 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 588 (#671 → #83) | $2.8M | 2 |
| #2 | Darla Jones | 747401 | BankWest, Incorporated | 685987 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 497 (#610 → #113) | $1.9M | 6 |
| #3 | Lydia Shepherd | 2088709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 486 (#699 → #213) | $738K | 2 |
| #4 | Tyler Schwinghamer | 2440925 | First Bank & Trust | 409296 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 423 (#697 → #274) | $557K | 5 |
| #5 | Melanie Ewing | 2614992 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 408 (#695 → #287) | $547K | 2 |
| #6 | Lane Kessler | 2369409 | Dakotaland Federal Credit Union | 657864 | Mitchell, SD | ▲ 384 (#513 → #129) | $1.5M | 2 |
| #7 | Keith Portner | 464388 | CorTrust Bank N.A. | 405612 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 359 (#585 → #226) | $690K | 2 |
| #8 | Aaron Renville | 1080128 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 346 (#501 → #155) | $1.2M | 3 |
| #9 | Sarah Erickson | 768690 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Watertown, SD | ▲ 337 (#483 → #146) | $1.3M | 3 |
| #10 | Paul Lems | 464386 | CORNERSTONE BANK | 320389 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 335 (#505 → #170) | $1.0M | 3 |
| #11 | Ricky Van Den Top | 35048 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 326 (#506 → #180) | $953K | 3 |
| #12 | Barbara Mangulis | 174800 | Rapid Mortgage LLC | 1913216 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 317 (#495 → #178) | $956K | 3 |
| #13 | Joel Davis | 1940875 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | ▲ 311 (#699 → #388) | $401K | 1 |
| #14 | Lori Love | 527626 | Siouxland Federal Credit Union | 451638 | South Sioux City, NE | ▲ 305 (#637 → #332) | $464K | 1 |
| #15 | Samantha Rich | 2088324 | Farm Credit Mid-America, ACA | 407249 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 290 (#359 → #69) | $3.2M | 4 |
| #16 | Tammy Brabazon | 528831 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 279 (#561 → #282) | $550K | 4 |
| #17 | Linden Heikens | 35655 | Midwest Family Lending Corporation | 4622 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 278 (#577 → #299) | $522K | 3 |
| #18 | KEVIN UNZEN | 48804 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 273 (#319 → #46) | $4.8M | 15 |
| #19 | Clayton Schwahn | 1063036 | Granite Bank | 405434 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 260 (#446 → #186) | $895K | 3 |
| #20 | Anthony Houbba | 1727037 | United Mortgage Lending LLC | 2220134 | Troy, MI | ▲ 259 (#520 → #261) | $581K | 1 |
| #21 | KAREY GARR | 1873463 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 258 (#577 → #319) | $480K | 4 |
| #22 | Amy Carder | 1925297 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 256 (#403 → #147) | $1.2M | 2 |
| #23 | Angel Castilleja | 1733726 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | ▲ 246 (#690 → #444) | $355K | 2 |
| #24 | Ryan Meyer | 617500 | CU MORTGAGE DIRECT, LLC | 198895 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 245 (#409 → #164) | $1.1M | 7 |
| #25 | terrence telechan | 178138 | FLANAGAN STATE BANK | 408461 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 237 (#426 → #189) | $872K | 2 |
| #26 | Katie Manning | 1585850 | Premier Bank | 416841 | Alcester, SD | ▲ 232 (#619 → #387) | $403K | 2 |
| #27 | WENDY CLARK | 764588 | Dacotah Bank | 412367 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 230 (#323 → #93) | $2.3M | 6 |
| #28 | Julie Caldwell | 703687 | Lutheran Federal Credit Union | 1301052 | Saint Louis, MO | ▲ 230 (#495 → #265) | $569K | 2 |
| #29 | Jordan Olson | 2587978 | American Pacific Mortgage Corporation | 1850 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 203 (#324 → #121) | $1.6M | 4 |
| #30 | Riley Almos | 1147299 | Central Bank | 447201 | Brookings, SD | ▲ 191 (#383 → #192) | $833K | 1 |
| #31 | AMBER USERA | 2090308 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 189 (#616 → #427) | $370K | 4 |
| #32 | Shane Martin | 339115 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 185 (#315 → #130) | $1.5M | 5 |
| #33 | Rebecca Brown | 1020028 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 178 (#577 → #399) | $390K | 3 |
| #34 | Amber Dodson | 704509 | Gateway First Bank | 7233 | Sturgis, SD | ▲ 177 (#238 → #61) | $3.6M | 13 |
| #35 | Robert Strandell | 274802 | Bell Bank | 419538 | Minneapolis, MN | ▲ 174 (#469 → #295) | $538K | 1 |
| #36 | Jacob Montano | 2125222 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 173 (#372 → #199) | $800K | 3 |
| #37 | Nicolette Work | 1100207 | FLANAGAN STATE BANK | 408461 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 168 (#309 → #141) | $1.3M | 4 |
| #38 | Celia Burkinshaw | 650949 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 166 (#384 → #218) | $726K | 3 |
| #39 | Hannah Beachem | 1990704 | Granite Bank | 405434 | Cold Spring, MN | ▲ 164 (#250 → #86) | $2.7M | 8 |
| #40 | Katharine Peterson | 493507 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Spearfish, SD | ▲ 160 (#329 → #169) | $1.1M | 3 |
| #41 | Aric Buhler | 1967743 | Granite Bank | 405434 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 155 (#472 → #317) | $484K | 4 |
| #42 | Angela Van Otterloo | 402073 | Central Bank | 447201 | Sioux City, IA | ▲ 146 (#254 → #108) | $2.0M | 6 |
| #43 | Ryan Kaufman | 1503898 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 137 (#160 → #23) | $7.9M | 24 |
| #44 | Jeffrey Buum | 400290 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 116 (#234 → #118) | $1.7M | 7 |
| #45 | Ryan Mulder | 1732038 | AMERICAN STATE BANK | 403450 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 115 (#241 → #126) | $1.6M | 5 |
| #46 | Marcinda Odland | 803947 | Aspen Federal Credit Union | 798571 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 115 (#259 → #144) | $1.3M | 10 |
| #47 | Donald Bishop | 2181876 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 115 (#489 → #374) | $417K | 1 |
| #48 | Philip Clay | 2000290 | Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc | 2411952 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 105 (#456 → #351) | $449K | 1 |
| #49 | Sanela Arifovic | 2533650 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 103 (#668 → #565) | $263K | 2 |
| #50 | William Froehlich | 188896 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 100 (#620 → #520) | $295K | 3 |
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. Biggest Climbers by Volume — South Dakota. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-dakota/top-climbers-by-volume
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