The Top Producers of 2023: The complete list

April 26, 2023 5:17 PM

This year's silver anniversary edition of the Top Producers survey reflects the tougher environment the mortgage industry faced in 2022 — both in terms of dollar volume originated and number of participants.

What the results did show was that successful originators can thrive in any environment.

For the two prior surveys, an originator that produced over $1 billion headed up the list. Last year's No. 2 did $659 million.

The best of the best in this year's survey, Shant Banosian of Guaranteed Rate came close to that billion dollar threshold at over $925 million. Mark Cohen of Cohen Financial Group was next at $751 million.

The No. 3 originator, Michael Rodriguez of Platinum Capital Mortgage — that No. 2 originator in the 2022 Top Producers — did slightly more at over $690 million.

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Experience is key, our survey data found. The mean number of years in the mortgage business for survey participants was 18.07 years. The mean amount of time they have been with their current company is 7.49 years.

The Top Producers survey has been in existence for 25 years and is the successor to those conducted by Broker magazine and Origination News (former National Mortgage News sister publications) as well as Mortgage Originator Magazine, of which Arizent owns the content rights.

Below, the top mortgage loan originators of 2023:

Top Producers 240-211

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
240	Chip Thompson	SWBC Mortgage	$16,214,524	45
239	Jenna Steely	SWBC Mortgage	$16,929,657	46
238	Heather Gatewood	Interlinc Mortgage	$18,868,768	100
237	Nicki Strickland	SWBC Mortgage	$19,573,029	48
236	Derek Hung	Active Link	$19,745,799	70
235	Tannia Bond	SWBC Mortgage	$20,433,219	52
234	Faith Camille Wilkinson	Direct Mortgage Loans	$20,887,851	101
233	Michael Omiecinski	Peoples Mortgage	$22,668,313	82
232	Joshua Dobson	BluPrint Home Loans	$22,875,375	66
231	Chris Goodman	SWBC Mortgage	$22,958,184	51
230	Edward OKeefe	SWBC Mortgage	$23,059,385	103
229	Jeremy Hudson	Ent CU	$23,451,889	100
228	Abbey Laudenbach	Homeowners Financial Group	$23,654,880	113
227	Joseph Mangione	New American Funding	$24,101,946	59
226	Michael Novotny	George Mason Mortgage	$24,272,955	62
225	Elizabeth Sumi	SWBC Mortgage	$24,341,402	61
224	Tom Hallock	LoanPeople	$24,677,181	55
223	Keena Gehringer	UMortgage	$24,964,280	65
222	Kimberly Bean	Summit Mortgage	$25,138,869	74
221	Katherine Andy Akpan	InterLinc Mortgage Services	$25,478,148	66
220	Brett Benedetti	Ent Credit Union	$25,562,125	51
219	Nate Allen	VA Wholesale Mortgage	$25,781,032	82
218	Angela Gansor	Intercoastal Mortgage	$26,221,960	47
217	Pamela Vroman	Direct Mortgage Loans	$26,427,635	104
216	Katherine McClintic	Jet HomeLoans	$26,597,900	109

Top Producers 215-191

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
215	Christina Beitler	LoanPeople	$26,987,786	66
214	Ryan Skelly	Guaranteed Rate Affinity	$27,691,000	71
213	Caleb Hiester	Direct Mortgage Loans	$28,052,014	95
212	Michael Protono	Neighborhood Loans	$28,059,419	82
211	Jeremy Radcliffe	SWBC Mortgage	$28,352,552	65
210	Whitney Barsalou	SWBC Mortgage	$28,638,334	98
209	Rebecca Richardson	UMortgage	$29,627,587	84
208	Bryce Magill	Castle & Cooke Mortgage	$29,903,826	160
207	Anders Comer	Certainty Home Lending/Guaranteed Rate	$30,028,173	59
206	Angelo Lefer	NJ Lenders	$30,192,063	67
205	Jeff Brooks	Highlands Residential Mortgage	$30,546,736	63
204	David Brown	WSFS Mortgage	$30,711,455	104
203	Jarad Brown	Certainty Home Lending/Guaranteed Rate	$30,796,740	102
202	Bryan Leavitt	Mercantile Bank	$30,945,879	106
201	Rachael Lanzman	Family First Funding	$31,079,310	77
200	Matthew Lancaster	BluPrint Home Loans	$31,261,716	96
199	Marcia Murphy	Bay Equity Home Loans	$31,278,559	46
198	Alexander Shafirovich	InterLinc Mortgage Services	$31,365,275	103
197	Tyler Evans	Bay Equity Home Loans	$31,566,925	74
196	Darren Soodak	BancStar Mortgage	$31,770,789	82
195	Jannie Gong	EON Mortgage Group	$32,160,756	105
194	Robert Behic	Countywide Mortgage Lending	$32,220,679	65
193	Toby Tollack	Bay Equity Home Loans	$32,278,138	39
192	Hank Greenberg	Golden Empire Mortgage	$32,778,527	61
191	Mark Wilkins	Movement Mortgage	$32,832,463	108

Top Producers 190-166

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
190	Laura Stuckey	Highlands Residential Mortgage	$32,840,000	76
189	Shelly Hood	Bay Equity Home Loans	$32,960,917	88
188	Jacob Schoemann	Bank of England Mortgage	$33,133,575	107
187	Hans Stone	Bluprint Home Loans	$33,176,502	56
186	Alyssa Caliendo	Bay Equity Home Loans	$33,671,044	106
185	Rhonda Faulk	Certainty Home Lending/Guaranteed Rate)	$33,731,096	99
184	Ryan Parker	Bay Equity Home Loans	$33,741,432	81
183	Pamela Radloff	Certainty Home Lending/Guaranteed Rate)	$33,972,772	106
182	Molly Meeker	Bay Equity Home Loans	$34,043,540	82
181	Janine Iuliano	Bay Equity Home Loans	$34,142,867	132
180	Kristina Hernandez	Homeowners Financial Group	$34,301,506	147
179	Allison Thenhaus	C2 Financial	$34,431,822	69
178	Curt Stuck	Mercantile Bank	$34,689,657	95
177	Sallye Gibson	SWBC Mortgage Corporation	$34,865,760	91
176	Dennis Vo	CMG Home Loans	$34,870,556	80
175	Lea Snyder	Summit Mortgage Corporation	$34,960,152	81
174	Todd Simon	Bank of England Mortgage	$35,225,354	131
173	Trevor Cobb	Highlands Residential Mortgage	$35,242,217	75
172	Julie Arnold	Highlands Residential Mortgage	$35,397,978	74
171	Janice Lake	Bay Equity Home Loans	$35,566,240	97
170	Tom McMurray	Karbon Financial	$37,130,047	57
169	Kevin Phillips	Bay Equity Home Loans	$37,516,019	89
168	Courtney Crowder	Homeowners Financial Group	$37,762,852	77
167	Hajir Nejati	Bay Equity Home Loans	$38,020,499	50
166	Robert Camras	SWBC Mortgage	$38,561,563	178

Top Producers 165-141

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
165	Kristin Bailey	LoanPeople	$38,809,209	95
164	Anthony Barber	Family First Funding	$38,937,603	119
163	Joshua Dean	Homeowners Financial Group	$39,047,193	105
162	Audra Martin	Wescom Credit Union	$39,178,475	75
161	Todd Struyk	Bay Equity Home Loans	$39,525,765	58
160	Johnny Hinchey	Highlands Mortgage	$39,731,786	123
159	Fidel Dorado	Golden Empire Mortgage/ZABE Mortgage Group	$39,904,524	214
158	Gerald Boudreaux	Texas Capita Lending	$40,000,000	115
157	Edward Quinby	Bay Equity Home Loans	$40,161,312	45
156	Paul Addison	Bay Equity Home Loans	$40,230,004	105
155	Mike Harms	Bay Equity Home Loans	$40,353,080	104
154	Kevin Grampp	Bay Equity Home Loans	$40,426,385	127
153	James Kofahl	UMortgage	$40,544,687	118
152	Sandy Davis	NJ Lenders	$40,591,359	104
151	Erica Paradise	NJ Lenders	$40,718,339	140
150	Amber Page	Evergreen Home Loans	$41,572,095	111
149	Jason Berg	Family First Funding	$42,211,263	79
148	Taylor Madsen	Castle & Cooke Mortgage	$42,347,506	102
147	Richard Sciarrone	NJ Lenders	$42,620,311	90
146	Kim Peterson	KPT Mortgage Advisors	$42,911,573	137
145	Meinoh Kim	BluPrint Home Loans/NFM Lending	$43,100,441	77
144	Jeff Nicola	Bay Equity Home Loans	$43,800,879	70
143	William Todd Bitter	UMortgage	$44,066,033	105
142	Christopher Zarnik	Positive Rate Mortgage	$44,380,000	95
141	Jo Ann Theriault-Fazio	Proper Rate, A Guaranteed Rate Company	$44,434,554	122

Top Producers 140-116

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
140	Vicky Brietzke	SWBC Mortgage	$44,946,627	61
139	Dean Riddell	SWBC Mortgage	$45,363,993	220
138	Paul Knopf	Interlinc Mortgage Network	$45,647,698	155
137	Adam West	UMortgage	$45,974,968	102
136	Chris Bufis	NewTowne Mortgage	$46,374,794	120
135	Mindy Martin	Central Valley Community Bank	$46,576,531	121
134	Raul Espinoza	Bay Equity Home Loans	$47,023,382	82
133	Michael McDermott	Bay Equity Home Loans	$47,189,337	120
132	Ian Twaddle	UMortgage	$47,340,327	173
131	Michael Picore	Bay Equity Home Loans	$47,360,826	111
130	Annie Lemon	Bay Equity Home Loans	$47,681,815	106
129	Jordan Beall	Jet Homeloans	$48,174,050	122
128	Dwayne Smith	George Mason Mortgage	$48,777,790	136
127	Jacob Greenhood	Ent Credit Union	$49,528,890	182
126	Jindra Faulkner	Bay Equity Home Loans	$50,582,161	189
125	Frank Blakeley	Bay Equity Home Loans	$51,026,253	80
124	Adam Boles	Bay Equity Home Loans	$51,552,526	144
123	Amy Wolff	Direct Mortgage Loans	$52,392,834	196
122	Richard Alashaian	NJ Lenders	$52,840,855	102
121	Mark Raskin	PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company	$52,964,128	125
120	William Duff	Highlands Residential Mortgage	$53,038,592	121
119	Mike Alberico	UMortgage	$53,245,074	167
118	Andy Harris	Vantage Mortgage Brokers	$53,826,590	114
117	Nicholas Utesch	Progressive Financial Services	$55,508,596	225
116	Tabitha Marchello	New American Funding	$55,783,828	137

Top Producers 115-91

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
115	Laura Tetrault	Bay Equity Home Loans	$56,310,817	212
114	Lauren Stamper	Highlands Residential Mortgage	$56,327,279	144
113	Jill Sheldon	CMG Home Loans	$56,351,106	127
112	Rolando Garcia	Coastal Loans	$56,513,232	187
111	Derek McGowan	McGowan Mortgages - NEXA	$56,822,680	184
110	Richard Holsman	Bay Equity Home Loans	$56,910,222	120
109	Tyler Hodgson	UMortgage	$57,029,201	169
108	Michael Wright	Summit Mortgage Corporation	$57,212,554	124
107	Stephanie Morgan	LoanPeople	$58,495,624	166
106	Alvaro Loureiro	Homeowners Financial Group	$59,069,519	190
105	Peter Conto	George Mason Mortgage	$59,334,825	90
104	Donald Blaize	CMG Home Loans	$60,036,576	271
103	Josh Barnes	Certainty Home Lending/Guaranteed Rate	$60,139,367	223
102	John Aragon	Highlands Residential Mortgage	$60,487,576	154
101	Anwer Mangrio	UIF	$60,666,157	118
100	Greg Sands	Ent Credit Union	$60,730,267	176
99	Suzanne Gradisar	Ent Credit Union	$ 60,795,838	191
98	Alexander Jaffe	First Home Mortgage Corporation	$61,147,710	134
97	Ralph Tancredi Sr	Manasquan Bank	$61,392,407	106
96	Joe Massey	Castle & Cooke Mortgage	$62,195,176	161
95	David Goldberg	United Trust Bank	$62,988,547	102
94	Candy Buzan	LoanPeople	$63,624,562	163
93	Angela Kakos	Guaranteed Rate	$63,786,716	249
92	Kelly Zitlow	Cornerstone Home Lending	$63,951,534	157
91	Michael Suffoletto	Guaranteed Rate	$64,206,419	119

Top Producers 90-66

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
90	Christine Farrington	Bay Equity Home Loans	$64,208,749	162
89	Jeffrey Novotny Jr	George Mason Mortgage	$64,431,929	132
88	Donald Maita II	NJ Lenders	$64,913,568	114
87	Thomas Bechtel	Ent Credit Union	$66,051,172	192
86	Amanda Stewart	LoanPeople	$66,063,978	137
85	Chad Cantrell	Certainty Home Lending/Guaranteed Rate	$66,102,764	235
84	Krista Ellis	George Mason Mortgage	$66,147,760	109
83	Brian Kempf	CMG Home Loans	$66,999,920	119
82	Christopher Granger	Bay Equity Home Loans	$67,159,091	83
81	Adam Cornacchio	WSFS Mortgage	$67,659,663	187
80	John Schutze	LoanPeople	$67,680,615	163
79	Anthony Marone	Advisors Mortgage Group	$67,862,242	170
78	Misty Spears	LoanPeople	$68,120,068	160
77	Mya Tran-Harter	Intercoastal Mortgage	$68,900,000	197
76	Marc Demetriou	Guaranteed Rate	$70,019,791	142
75	Michael Richardson	Bay Equity Home Loans	$71,064,855	202
74	Michael Trejo	Bridgepoint Funding	$71,531,018	106
73	Trey Reed	Intercoastal Mortgage	$71,618,299	125
72	Kelli Broadbent	SWBC Mortgage	$71,643,083	149
71	Rory Lithgow	Interlinc Mortgage Services	$74,920,019	222
70	Harrison George	CMG Home Loans	$75,426,415	176
69	Joseph Cipollo	CMG Home Loans	$77,115,647	231
68	Christian Rodriguez	Homeowners Financial Group	$78,585,303	225
67	Dawn VanNieuwenhuyzen	Plains Commerce Bank	$78,869,778	274
66	Mark Veech	NJ Lenders	$79,520,134	201

Top Producers 65-41

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
65	Michelle Jacinto	Direct Mortgage Loans	$79,768,475	354
64	Joseph Chacko	C2 Financial Corporation	$81,444,832	125
63	Chet Mann	CMG Home Loans	$82,029,916	336
62	Mary Meghan Merrill	CMG Home Loans	$83,927,516	312
61	April Janas	Bay Equity Home Loans	$84,035,392	178
60	Walter Gorman	NJ Lenders	$84,600,659	210
59	Mona Edick	Bay Equity Home Loans	$84,608,435	267
58	Lorri Hoffman	Highlands Mortgage	$85,315,697	265
57	Shirley Stange	Ent Credit Union	$85,567,649	254
56	Amanda Sessa	SWBC Mortgage	$86,492,271	142
55	Gina Allman	Ent Credit Union	$86,895,010	230
54	Rachelle Coffey	Homeowners Financial Group USA	$87,424,958	227
53	Greg Mullan	George Mason Mortgage	$88,718,379	188
52	Reed Hazard	CMG Home Loans	$89,148,475	219
51	Kyle Gillespie	Proper Rate	$90,045,984	207
50	Tyler Slesk	Bay Equity Home Loans	$90,304,664	203
49	John Sperling	Visio Financial Services Inc	$90,815,457	248
48	Belinda Arender	Primis Bank	$91,503,292	286
47	Mike Rafii	Bay Equity Home Loans	$91,534,985	144
46	Tyler Hughes	CMG Home Loans	$93,755,014
45	Greg Giokas	Guild Morgage	$94,000,000
44	Pat Villano	Family First Funding	$95,912,156	99
43	Andrew Lane	CMG Home Loans	$96,709,094	258
42	Jaclyn Litton	Litton Mortgage	$98,566,602	388
41	Miles Rusth	Summit Mortgage Corporation	$101,517,689	195

Top Producers 40-16

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
40	Jori Stern	LoanPeople	$103,995,102	225
39	Josh Moody	Draper and Kramer Mortgage	$104,806,699	369
38	Shelby Weston	HomeTown Lenders	$107,032,121	431
37	Phil Crescenzo Jr	American Pacific Mortgage	$108,000,000
36	Scott Stinson	FBC Mortgage	$112,600,421	318
35	Sherry Riano	First Heritage Mortgage	$113,618,033	324
34	Jimmy Alexander	SWBC Mortgage	$115,606,655	386
33	Billy Winfree	Steadfast Mortgage	$115,625,554	253
32	Allison Davis	George Mason Mortgage	$117,288,868	360
31	Dana Meadows	Movement Mortgage	$123,864,287	379
30	Joe Dunn	George Mason Mortgage	$125,872,784	240
29	Daniel Adams	Visio Financial Services	$129,461,146	291
28	Pablo Hernandez	Supreme Lending	$130,040,379	219
27	Ali Ghaziani	Bay Equity Home Loans	$135,474,582	211
26	Jackie Wampler	Intercoastal Mortgage	$137,389,573	478
25	Chris Murphy	M2 Lending Solutions	$138,109,425	283
24	Kyle Wright	American Pacific Mortgage	$138,257,159	336
23	Niket Patankar	Predian Mortgage	$140,574,391	253
22	Phillip Nguyen	Bay Equity Home Loans	$144,809,614	306
21	Austin Lampson	Homeowners Financial Group	$145,514,878	170
20	Ray Shanahan	TowneBank Mortgage	$159,687,065	328
19	Jonathan Okun	Prosperity Home Mortgage	$164,590,386	233
18	Karen Chiu	New American Funding	$167,115,160	303
17	Stephanie Dombrowski	Ent Credit Union	$176,892,189	328
16	Brandon Brotsky	Reach Home Loans	$179,387,628	476

Top Producers 15-1

Rank	Name	Company	Total dollar volume	Total units originated
15	Tammy Saul	Federal Hill Mortgage	$180,172,310	541
14	Shashank Shekhar	InstaMortgage	$187,048,281	400
13	Anthony Musante	PNC Bank	$189,480,775	139
12	Tony Lupescu	Fifth Third Bank	$191,416,505	285
11	Matthew Adler	Lake Michigan Credit Union	$192,950,829	506
10	Paul Volpe	Nova Home Loans	$193,720,877	614
9	Michael Borodinsky	Caliber Home Loans	$194,230,000	495
8	Chris Cox	First Savings Mortgage	$199,916,041	279
7	Brandi Schaefer	Safe Credit Union	$202,130,023	304
6	Justin Bonura	NJ Lenders	$207,472,145	441
5	Lance Johnson	Regions Bank	$247,493,358	324
4	Christopher Keelin	Family First Funding	$322,846,372	855
3	Michael Rodriguez	Platinum Capital Mortgage	$690,549,665	1157
2	Mark Cohen	Cohen Financial Group	$751,412,542	552
1	Shant Banosian	Guaranteed Rate	$925,050,587	1617