The Top Producers of 2023: Top 50 women originators

The mortgage industry has over 216,000 loan officers, and women make up an approximate 44% share, according to a blog post on The CE Shop website.

Yet as this year's Top Producer survey results showed, gender does not determine success in this business. Brandi Schaefer of California's Safe Credit Union is one of seven producers who did over $200 million of volume last year.

Schaefer built a great referral business serving homebuilders, and is still closing between $10 million and $20 million a month in the current environment, she said in an interview.

Her advice to other originators to deal with the current environment: "Work hard, service your clients. Remember, they're the ones that said send you business."

Here are the top 50 originators of 2023:

Rank	Name	Company	Total volume	Units originated
50	Courtney Crowder	Homeowners Financial Group	$37,762,852	77
49	Kristin Bailey	LoanPeople	$38,809,209	95
48	Audra Martin	Wescom Credit Union	$39,178,475	75
47	Sandy L Davis	NJ Lenders	$40,591,359	104
46	Erica Paradise	NJ Lenders	$40,718,339	140
45	Amber Page	Evergreen Home Loans	$41,572,095	111
44	Kim Peterson	KPT Mortgage Advisors	$42,911,573	137
43	Jo Ann Theriault-Fazio	Proper Rate, A Guaranteed Rate Company	$44,434,554	122
42	Vicky Brietzke	SWBC Mortgage	$44,946,627	61
41	Mindy Martin	Central Valley Community Bank	$46,576,531	121