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 July 7, 2026, the top 3 include Sharifa Galab (Rocket Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2239473), Lydia Shepherd (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2088709), and Darla Jones (BankWest, Incorporated, NMLS #747401).
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 | ▲ 586 (#640 → #54) | $2.8M | 2 |
| #2 | Lydia Shepherd | 2088709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 504 (#667 → #163) | $738K | 2 |
| #3 | Darla Jones | 747401 | BankWest, Incorporated | 685987 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 499 (#582 → #83) | $1.9M | 6 |
| #4 | KEVIN UNZEN | 48804 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 442 (#494 → #52) | $2.8M | 9 |
| #5 | Melanie Ewing | 2614992 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 440 (#663 → #223) | $547K | 2 |
| #6 | Tyler Schwinghamer | 2440925 | First Bank & Trust | 409296 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 434 (#665 → #231) | $517K | 4 |
| #7 | Ryan Mulder | 1732038 | AMERICAN STATE BANK | 403450 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 368 (#524 → #156) | $832K | 4 |
| #8 | Joel Davis | 1940875 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | ▲ 363 (#667 → #304) | $401K | 1 |
| #9 | Aaron Renville | 1080128 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 356 (#475 → #119) | $1.2M | 3 |
| #10 | Tammy Brabazon | 528831 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 314 (#534 → #220) | $550K | 4 |
| #11 | Barbara Mangulis | 174800 | Rapid Mortgage LLC | 1913216 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 308 (#470 → #162) | $756K | 2 |
| #12 | Linden Heikens | 35655 | Midwest Family Lending Corporation | 4622 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 301 (#550 → #249) | $472K | 2 |
| #13 | Amy Carder | 1925297 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 271 (#382 → #111) | $1.2M | 2 |
| #14 | Julie Caldwell | 703687 | Lutheran Federal Credit Union | 1301052 | Saint Louis, MO | ▲ 264 (#470 → #206) | $569K | 2 |
| #15 | Clayton Schwahn | 1063036 | Granite Bank | 405434 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 257 (#423 → #166) | $727K | 2 |
| #16 | terrence telechan | 178138 | American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC | 338923 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 255 (#405 → #150) | $872K | 2 |
| #17 | Ryan Meyer | 617500 | CU MORTGAGE DIRECT, LLC | 198895 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 249 (#388 → #139) | $991K | 4 |
| #18 | Angel Castilleja | 1733726 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | ▲ 241 (#659 → #418) | $272K | 1 |
| #19 | Paul Lems | 464386 | CORNERSTONE BANK | 320389 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 232 (#479 → #247) | $475K | 1 |
| #20 | Riley Almos | 1147299 | Central Bank | 447201 | Brookings, SD | ▲ 210 (#364 → #154) | $833K | 1 |
| #21 | Sanela Arifovic | 2533650 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 208 (#637 → #429) | $263K | 2 |
| #22 | Katie Manning | 1585850 | Premier Bank | 416841 | Alcester, SD | ▲ 207 (#590 → #383) | $310K | 1 |
| #23 | Rebecca Brown | 1020028 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 199 (#550 → #351) | $340K | 2 |
| #24 | Jacob Montano | 2125222 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 194 (#353 → #159) | $800K | 3 |
| #25 | Brook-Lynn Ulvestad | 1858886 | First Interstate Bank | 561537 | Hamilton, MT | ▲ 193 (#640 → #447) | $250K | 1 |
| #26 | Nicolette Work | 1100207 | American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC | 338923 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 188 (#295 → #107) | $1.3M | 4 |
| #27 | Shane Martin | 339115 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 185 (#302 → #117) | $1.2M | 4 |
| #28 | Angela Van Otterloo | 402073 | Central Bank | 447201 | Sioux City, IA | ▲ 180 (#345 → #165) | $729K | 3 |
| #29 | Donald Bishop | 2181876 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 172 (#464 → #292) | $417K | 1 |
| #30 | Amber Dodson | 704509 | Gateway First Bank | 7233 | Sturgis, SD | ▲ 167 (#228 → #61) | $2.6M | 11 |
| #31 | Philip Clay | 2000290 | Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc | 2411952 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 167 (#434 → #267) | $449K | 1 |
| #32 | Keith Portner | 464388 | CorTrust Bank N.A. | 405612 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 166 (#558 → #392) | $300K | 1 |
| #33 | Katharine Peterson | 493507 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Spearfish, SD | ▲ 146 (#314 → #168) | $714K | 2 |
| #34 | Sarah Erickson | 768690 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Watertown, SD | ▲ 145 (#458 → #313) | $392K | 1 |
| #35 | WENDY CLARK | 764588 | Dacotah Bank | 412367 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 144 (#308 → #164) | $733K | 3 |
| #36 | Erik Solem | 2005862 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 141 (#538 → #397) | $296K | 2 |
| #37 | Hannah Beachem | 1990704 | Granite Bank | 405434 | Cold Spring, MN | ▲ 136 (#239 → #103) | $1.4M | 4 |
| #38 | Jeffrey Buum | 400290 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 126 (#226 → #100) | $1.4M | 6 |
| #39 | Ryan Kaufman | 1503898 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 118 (#153 → #35) | $3.5M | 12 |
| #40 | Marcinda Odland | 803947 | Aspen Federal Credit Union | 798571 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 111 (#246 → #135) | $1.0M | 7 |
| #41 | Luke Thurman | 916543 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 111 (#442 → #331) | $365K | 1 |
| #42 | Jennifer Rinto | 490584 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 104 (#670 → #566) | $127K | 1 |
| #43 | Joseph Vinson | 1237834 | Neighborhood Mortgage Company LLC | 2484730 | Dearborn, MI | ▲ 102 (#639 → #537) | $155K | 1 |
| #44 | Chad Galloway | 1662885 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 95 (#629 → #534) | $160K | 1 |
| #45 | Sarah Bulik | 1002134 | First Western Bank and Trust | 597474 | West Fargo, ND | ▲ 90 (#390 → #300) | $405K | 1 |
| #46 | Ricky Van Den Top | 35048 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 90 (#480 → #390) | $304K | 1 |
| #47 | Christy Cline | 472626 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 88 (#129 → #41) | $3.3M | 6 |
| #48 | Jaimie Geiger | 842497 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 88 (#393 → #305) | $401K | 1 |
| #49 | Mitchell Wachter | 509293 | Tailored Mortgage Group Inc | 1827308 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 85 (#257 → #172) | $700K | 2 |
| #50 | Mark Ellerbusch | 465061 | Central Bank | 447201 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 85 (#290 → #205) | $575K | 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 July 7, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-dakota/top-climbers-by-volume
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