Leading rookies in Utah in 2024, 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 Connie Denton (Jordan Federal Credit Union, NMLS #2592670), Jana Kiemm (Rocket Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2569970), and Andrew Pelishek (Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #2582562).
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 | 2024 Volume | 2024 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Connie Denton | 2592670 | Jordan Federal Credit Union | 402456 | South Jordan, UT | $3.7M | 29 | $126K |
| #2 | Jana Kiemm | 2569970 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Lake Forest, CA | $1.4M | 10 | $136K |
| #3 | Andrew Pelishek | 2582562 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Draper, UT | $3.4M | 8 | $429K |
| #4 | Kim Warren | 1534508 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $3.4M | 7 | $487K |
| #4 | Sabrina Spellman | 2553885 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.5M | 7 | $221K |
| #6 | Austin Banditson | 2479810 | 1st Source Funding, Inc. | 859805 | West Jordan, UT | $2.7M | 6 | $458K |
| #7 | Nicholas Larsen | 2557353 | West Ridge Financial Corp | 267440 | Alpine, UT | $2.3M | 5 | $462K |
| #7 | Cristian Rivas Villafana | 1122503 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.8M | 5 | $361K |
| #7 | Sebastian Iavasile | 2564100 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $370K | 5 | $74K |
| #7 | Holly Fillmore | 2621900 | United Lending Team, INC | 2273319 | Troy, MI | $2.8M | 5 | $570K |
| #7 | Scott Preston | 2569808 | Central Bank | 539119 | Provo, UT | $4.7M | 5 | $934K |
| #7 | Hannah Varner | 2607852 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | — | $744K | 5 | $149K |
| #7 | Terrence Walker | 2564285 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $933K | 5 | $187K |
| #14 | Jeffrey Petersen | 363207 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.2M | 4 | $306K |
| #14 | Grant Huish | 2608590 | TACA Mortgage LLC | 1936553 | Murray, UT | $1.6M | 4 | $411K |
| #14 | Thanh Dinh | 2029532 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $1.7M | 4 | $415K |
| #14 | Manuel Rojas | 2611977 | Bank of Utah | 422914 | — | $813K | 4 | $203K |
| #14 | David Dion | 2573705 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $353K | 4 | $88K |
| #14 | Shifawn Kwei | 2620133 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $350K | 4 | $88K |
| #14 | Ryan Holman | 2561692 | BHB Mortgage, LLC | 2472472 | Cedar City, UT | $1.6M | 4 | $401K |
| #21 | Mohammad Baydoun | 2612447 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $839K | 3 | $280K |
| #21 | Clinton Cowley | 2628860 | Zenlo Lending LLC | 1872884 | Lehi, UT | $1.4M | 3 | $455K |
| #21 | Jana Ellsworth | 2568411 | First Colony Mortgage Corporation | 3112 | Orem, UT | $1.7M | 3 | $559K |
| #21 | Rajon Baldwin | 2555781 | New Era Lending LLC | 2424293 | — | $738K | 3 | $246K |
| #21 | Paul Romain | 2594746 | Staunton Financial, Inc. | 140012 | Southfield, MI | $1.4M | 3 | $470K |
| #21 | Braxton Futrell | 2582228 | Rockwell Mortgage LLC | 2413381 | South Jordan, UT | $1.5M | 3 | $484K |
| #21 | Maurice Dydell | 2568366 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $559K | 3 | $186K |
| #21 | Dominic Smith | 2576945 | Reliant Home Loans LLC | 1945532 | Salt Lake City, UT | $1.2M | 3 | $387K |
| #21 | Edward Koziol | 2555226 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | — | $427K | 3 | $142K |
| #21 | Hamah Bradley | 2612962 | PNC Bank, National Association | 446303 | — | $1.2M | 3 | $395K |
| #21 | Kaden Niemann | 2605716 | Bolt Home Mortgage, LLC | 2583581 | Logan, UT | $893K | 3 | $298K |
| #21 | Matthew Thatcher | 2579795 | Equity 1st Funding Corp | 111718 | Murray, UT | $1.3M | 3 | $441K |
| #21 | Calvin Meade | 19837 | RANLife, Inc. | 3151 | — | $781K | 3 | $260K |
| #34 | Kevin Ramirez | 2633560 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $138K | 2 | $69K |
| #34 | Cindy Bengtson | 2573118 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $160K | 2 | $80K |
| #34 | Jason Leszczynski | 2564334 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $495K | 2 | $247K |
| #34 | McKinley Pollei | 2488731 | SecurityNational Mortgage Company | 3116 | St George, UT | $667K | 2 | $334K |
| #34 | Ronald Johnson | 2563600 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | Chicago, IL | $671K | 2 | $335K |
| #34 | Kelly Stratford | 2580834 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | — | $919K | 2 | $460K |
| #34 | Adam Olivas | 2564012 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $668K | 2 | $334K |
| #34 | Lacy Davis | 2586509 | UTAH INDEPENDENT BANK | 688619 | Milford, UT | $532K | 2 | $266K |
| #34 | Jamal Graham | 2599739 | Beacon Credit Union | 514359 | — | $196K | 2 | $98K |
| #34 | Kellie Pelland | 2573120 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $120K | 2 | $60K |
| #34 | Rebecka White | 219832 | Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 3094 | Salt Lake City, UT | $769K | 2 | $384K |
| #34 | Jason Sam | 2636813 | FastTrack Mortgage Inc | 1847199 | Fruit Heights, UT | $636K | 2 | $318K |
| #34 | Connor Boulton | 2580540 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $728K | 2 | $364K |
| #34 | Ronald Christman | 2568430 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $369K | 2 | $184K |
| #34 | Campbell Johnstone | 2586941 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $649K | 2 | $325K |
| #34 | Kenny Vong | 2411270 | CITADEL SERVICING CORPORATION | 144549 | Irvine, CA | $1.8M | 2 | $902K |
| #34 | Trejan Matagi | 2527361 | Ultimate Home Lending, LLC | 2259749 | — | $1.1M | 2 | $531K |
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 — Utah (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/utah/top-rookie-by-units/2024
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