Leading rookies in Wisconsin in 2024, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of October 11, 2026, the top 3 include Lea Merkel (Forward Bank, NMLS #2587099), Adam Berzsenyi (Neighborhood Loans, Inc., NMLS #388248), and Tylor Dolata (Landmark Credit Union, NMLS #2631510).
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 | Lea Merkel | 2587099 | Forward Bank | 422932 | Marshfield, WI | $5.8M | 35 | $167K |
| #2 | Adam Berzsenyi | 388248 | Neighborhood Loans, Inc. | 222982 | Hollywood Park, TX | $2.9M | 11 | $264K |
| #3 | Tylor Dolata | 2631510 | Landmark Credit Union | 401043 | Brookfield, WI | $2.5M | 33 | $77K |
| #4 | Michael OConnell | 2607586 | Frandsen Bank & Trust | 718070 | — | $2.5M | 5 | $500K |
| #5 | Nathaniel Krause | 2644068 | CoVantage Credit Union | 412987 | Antigo, WI | $2.5M | 14 | $176K |
| #6 | Dante Conti | 2586781 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $2.2M | 11 | $202K |
| #7 | Travis Antone | 2571924 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Green Bay, WI | $2.0M | 6 | $331K |
| #8 | Dana Ritger | 1754007 | Epic Mortgage Processing LLC | 2404936 | — | $1.9M | 7 | $276K |
| #9 | Curtis Russell | 2039024 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | — | $1.9M | 7 | $270K |
| #10 | GRESKELLY DIAZ PENARANDA | 709649 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | — | $1.8M | 9 | $203K |
| #11 | Margaret Hamner | 2540500 | Bank Five Nine | 410817 | — | $1.8M | 5 | $364K |
| #12 | Jill Landwehr | 1220869 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Wausau, WI | $1.7M | 2 | $831K |
| #13 | Sean Casper | 2622892 | Ixonia Bank | 423065 | Brookfield, WI | $1.6M | 9 | $182K |
| #14 | Royce Wenning | 2556332 | Epic Mortgage Processing LLC | 2404936 | Brookfield, WI | $1.5M | 8 | $182K |
| #15 | Joshua Jackson | 2590070 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.4M | 4 | $350K |
| #16 | Lauren Hudson | 1627672 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Waukesha, WI | $1.4M | 6 | $231K |
| #17 | Marcela Galatis | 2603318 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $1.4M | 6 | $227K |
| #18 | Megan Buchholz | 2578101 | First State Bank | 469882 | New London, WI | $1.3M | 6 | $221K |
| #19 | Erica Sunstein | 2584899 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $1.3M | 6 | $214K |
| #20 | Breanne Jakobi | 2651868 | Cumberland Federal Bank, FSB | 405513 | Cumberland, WI | $1.3M | 3 | $422K |
| #21 | Erynn Chase | 2553823 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.1M | 10 | $111K |
| #22 | Kenton Glover | 2564131 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $1.1M | 2 | $545K |
| #23 | Adam Beaudoin | 2231582 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $1.0M | 6 | $167K |
| #24 | Ashley Spriestersbach | 2565149 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $992K | 5 | $198K |
| #25 | Emiline Orf | 2580437 | University Bank | 715685 | Hendersonville, TN | $984K | 2 | $492K |
| #26 | Sierra Wash | 2633729 | North Shore Bank | 410466 | Wauwatosa, WI | $930K | 8 | $116K |
| #27 | Christian Sturdee | 2556168 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $817K | 4 | $204K |
| #28 | Brian Garcia | 2603320 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $811K | 3 | $270K |
| #29 | Kristian Jaramillo | 2585104 | Saxton Mortgage, LLC | 1717191 | San Diego, CA | $809K | 3 | $270K |
| #30 | Joseph Hamama | 2354589 | NATIONS MORTGAGE, LLC | 2275128 | Troy, MI | $794K | 3 | $265K |
| #31 | Yliana Torres | 2597511 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $750K | 1 | $750K |
| #32 | Zachary Newman | 2564075 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $716K | 4 | $179K |
| #33 | Jeremy Bauman | 2582754 | NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION | 32416 | Waukesha, WI | $710K | 2 | $355K |
| #34 | Kyle Epps | 2590858 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $684K | 3 | $228K |
| #35 | Cheryl Rubenzer | 315614 | Waumandee State Bank | 401935 | — | $667K | 2 | $333K |
| #36 | Fahad Matti | 2251563 | NATIONS MORTGAGE, LLC | 2275128 | Troy, MI | $663K | 2 | $332K |
| #37 | Anna-Marie Flahaut | 2591314 | First State Bank | 469882 | — | $659K | 6 | $110K |
| #38 | Ameer Aboalnadie | 2554517 | Guidance Residential, LLC | 2908 | Villa Park, IL | $652K | 1 | $652K |
| #39 | Thor Johnson | 2607256 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $626K | 4 | $156K |
| #40 | Anthony Policaro | 2596177 | Brighton Bank | 892951 | — | $622K | 2 | $311K |
| #41 | William Iwaskiewicz | 2379071 | Wisconsin Mortgage Corporation | 280412 | — | $612K | 3 | $204K |
| #42 | Jasmine Edmison | 2573119 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $610K | 5 | $122K |
| #43 | Scott Bray | 400216 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Chicago, IL | $601K | 1 | $601K |
| #44 | Patrick Leland | 2586154 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $599K | 2 | $300K |
| #45 | Kevin McGaughey | 2580722 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $586K | 1 | $586K |
| #46 | Liza Godard | 2591309 | First State Bank | 469882 | Auburndale, WI | $576K | 5 | $115K |
| #47 | Davis Erhart | 2586220 | Brighton Bank | 892951 | Brighton, TN | $566K | 2 | $283K |
| #48 | Kia Lor | 2556775 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | — | $563K | 2 | $282K |
| #49 | Malcolm Alexander | 2646135 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $534K | 3 | $178K |
| #50 | Kim Warren | 1534508 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $521K | 2 | $260K |
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 — Wisconsin (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/wisconsin/top-rookie-by-volume/2024
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