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2025 Top Veteran Originators

Rankings are based on the previous year’s production numbers.
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wdt_ID Rank First Name Last Name Company State Service Branch Total Volume Total Loans Closed Purchases vs. Refis Banker or Broker Yrs. in Biz
1 1 Martin Medve Trident Home Loans LLC FL Navy 236,336,241 393 82%/18% Broker 20
2 2 Patton Gade UMortgage PA Army 187,129,394 375 77%/23% Broker 10
3 3 Jason Smith CrossCountry Mortgage LLC AZ Navy 158,299,685 520 71%/29% Banker 20
4 4 Jackie Wampler Intercoastal Mortgage LLC NC Army 142,948,041 454 78%/22% Banker 25
5 5 Cara Latham U.S. Bank MO Army 133,552,542 217 95%/5% Banker 23
6 6 Mike Dunn Guild Mortgage Company CA Air Force 128,872,608 354 65%/35% Banker 15
7 7 Austin Smith Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. IN Air Force 124,361,000 452 92%/8% Banker 0
8 8 Jonathan Kulak Trident Home Loans LLC FL Air Force 124,276,480 222 80%/20% Broker 6
9 9 Christopher Noceti Citibank, N.A. CA Army 107,217,612 78 86%/14% Banker 17
10 10 Chad Emerson CMG Home Loans TX Army 97,022,985 246 98%/2% Banker 26
11 11 Kevin Townsend FBC Mortgage LLC FL Air Force 95,229,654 280 99%/1% Banker 19
12 12 Eddie Garcia U.S. Bank CA Navy 92,898,891 75 67%/33% Banker 24
13 13 Joshua Jelsing PGS Home Loans Inc. CA Marine Corps 91,704,533 138 86%/14% Broker 24
14 14 Shane Miller New Story Lending SC Army 89,466,520 348 97%/3% Banker 15
15 15 Jay Bunte UMortgage PA Army 87,179,738 166 84%/16% Broker 5
16 16 Joe Smith CrossCountry Mortgage LLC MA Air Force 84,486,167 132 92%/8% Banker 31
17 17 Jimmy Alexander SWBC Mortgage Corp. TX Army 76,468,271 245 95%/5% Banker 31
18 18 Elizabeth Cassidy Edge Home Finance FL Air Force 74,431,318 202 98%/2% Broker 4
19 19 Charles Campbell Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. CO Air Force 71,750,312 250 98%/2% Banker 16
20 20 Bryan Paul Lake Michigan Credit Union MI Navy 71,231,841 204 94%/6% Banker 7
21 21 Michelle Jacinto Direct Mortgage Loans IN Army 71,060,731 289 89%/11% Banker 23
22 22 Russell Nash United Bank VA Navy 68,219,692 214 89%/11% Banker 25
23 23 Amy Goss Guild Mortgage Company NC Marine Corps 68,053,785 244 85%/15% Banker 0
24 24 Frank Brandt Planet Home Lending LLC TX Army 67,676,253 196 76%/24% Banker 16
25 25 Rob Gaskins CMG Home Loans VA Army 66,871,742 120 92%/8% Banker 8
26 26 Major Singleton Edge Home Finance TX Navy 63,911,902 137 85%/15% Broker 4
27 27 Joe Villegas CrossCountry Mortgage LLC CA Marine Corps 62,816,019 153 82%/18% Banker 19
28 28 Lawrence Gonzales The Broker VA Navy 62,449,854 89 65%/35% Broker 8
29 29 Kasey Adams Better Mortgage Corp. CA Marine Corps 62,392,513 308 4%/96% Banker 5
30 30 Jamie Fischer Ihome Mortgage CO Army 62,056,000 132 82%/18% Broker 10
31 31 Peter Barnes CrossCountry Mortgage LLC CA Marine Corps 61,818,941 86 70%/30% Banker 20
32 32 Mike Bendebba Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. MD Navy 60,382,249 151 89%/11% Banker 0
33 33 Andrew Deyo Rate CO Army 59,828,147 151 95%/5% Both 2
34 34 Carlo Colantonio CMG Home Loans TX Army 58,487,376 188 93%/7% Banker 25
35 35 Chris Catania Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. CA Army 57,110,062 94 89%/11% Banker 0
36 36 Chuck Reed Intercoastal Mortgage LLC SC Navy 56,161,700 133 85%/15% Banker 23
37 37 Justin Hamilton Movement Mortgage TX Air Force 54,691,139 141 96%/4% Banker 8
38 38 Aric Ulmer Movement Mortgage NE Army 53,630,547 132 78%/22% Banker 23
39 39 Bryan Laflamme Movement Mortgage WA Army 53,368,992 171 88%/12% Banker 19
40 40 Louis Fajardo U.S. Bank CA Air Force 52,566,114 62 52%/48% Banker 20
41 41 Rick Ward Benchmark Mortgage CO Army 52,413,467 142 78%/22% Banker 13
42 42 Jordan Komm Evolution Mortgage TN Army 52,399,298 128 88%/12% Broker 3
43 43 Patrick J Arledge CMG Home Loans FL Army 52,144,543 88 97%/3% Banker 27
44 44 Justin Ardoyno PrimeLending TX Army 51,107,095 178 87%/13% Banker 11
45 45 Tyler Hodgson UMortgage TX Marine Corps 50,491,510 139 91%/9% Broker 9
46 46 Don Waters Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. NC Army 49,404,114 160 88%/13% Banker 0
47 47 Ben Teasley Rate NC Navy 49,382,356 121 75%/25% Both 23
48 48 Fernando Ospina Alterra Home Loans NJ Army 48,298,161 108 96%/4% Banker 7
49 49 James Burke U.S. Bank IL Army 46,132,491 51 67%/33% Banker 22
50 50 Jeff Anderson Guild Mortgage Company TX Army 46,064,952 150 89%/11% Banker 29
51 51 Daniel Anacker U.S. Bank WA Army 45,953,754 58 69%/31% Banker 25
52 52 Michael Floren Low Cost Mortgage LLC CO Marine Corps 44,597,248 110 85%/15% Broker 5
53 53 Huascar Sime Alterra Home Loans NJ Army 42,959,113 94 88%/12% Banker 5
54 54 Lucas Adams Motto Mortgage Aurora AK Air Force 42,629,780 95 91%/9% Broker 3
55 55 Steve Bachman CrossCountry Mortgage LLC NJ Navy 42,356,304 121 73%/27% Banker 16
56 56 Marat Shub Citibank, N.A. CA Coast Guard 42,007,749 26 88%/12% Banker 19
57 57 Brian Dearing Highland HomeLoans TX Army 40,560,183 84 100%/0% Banker 26
58 58 Angela Barry Merchants Home Lending TX Navy 39,421,394 62 65%/35% Banker 2
59 59 Joseph Ratterree Trident Home Loans FL Air Force 38,634,311 61 84%/16% Broker 3
60 60 Evan Kaufman Wevett Home Loans GA Air Force 38,394,451 99 69%/31% Broker 2
61 61 Joe Stefani Leaderone Financial Corp. CA Marine Corps 38,202,793 106 89%/11% Banker 24
62 62 Dan Paulsen Bay Equity NV Army 37,746,606 98 98%/2% Banker 32
63 63 Sean Russell First United Bank Mortgage TX Army 37,689,085 62 82%/18% Banker 25
64 64 Heath Albritton Rate TN Air Force 37,652,217 80 93%/8% Both 28
65 65 Michael Badessa NFM Lending NJ Marine Corps 36,183,335 104 97%/3% Banker 0
66 66 Nathan Hartseil Main Street Home Loans MA Marine Corps 35,702,557 68 79%/21% Banker 0
67 67 Mark Veech NJ Lenders Corp. NJ Army 35,642,668 79 84%/16% Banker 7
68 68 Corey Casper Motto Mortgage Home Town TX Army 35,476,128 90 97%/3% Broker 5
69 69 Tim Samuels CrossCountry Mortgage LLC WA Marine Corps 34,715,927 96 76%/24% Banker 20
70 70 D'Angelo Williams PrimeLending TX Army 34,319,865 108 97%/3% Banker 19
71 71 Ken Cox Rate WA Navy 33,729,740 71 99%/1% Both 40
72 72 Mark Kong Evolution Mortgage LLC TN Army 33,467,399 84 80%/20% Broker 3
73 73 Tobie Love CrossCountry Mortgage LLC CA Navy 33,431,390 88 63%/38% Banker 24
74 74 Sal Zagami Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership NC Army 33,367,595 73 90%/10% Banker 4
75 75 Kyle Mccort NFM Lending OH Navy 33,222,086 135 97%/3% Banker 0
76 76 Rabih Aboukheir Verity Mortgage AR Army 33,117,073 137 95%/5% Banker 6
77 77 Kevin Retcher First Meridian Mortgage Corporation VA Marine Corps 32,678,581 46 85%/15% Broker 30
78 78 Mike Lindsay Rate CO Army 32,019,765 75 96%/4% Both 3
79 79 Don Sine CrossCountry Mortgage LLC OH Army 31,819,443 113 92%/8% Banker 9
80 80 Jeremy Straatmann CMG Home Loans NE Navy 31,450,615 106 81%/19% Banker 6
81 81 Dan Chapman CMG Home Loans CA Marine Corps 31,345,527 62 73%/27% Banker 11
82 82 Andrew Hannah Inner Circle Mortgage CA Air Force 31,214,754 63 89%/11% Broker 9
83 83 Jonathan Mullins Valor Home Mortgage GA Army 31,067,308 92 85%/15% Broker 23
84 84 Brian Brooks Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group VA Air Force 30,261,700 73 82%/18% Banker 23
85 85 Mike Olesh UMortgage SC Marine Corps 29,951,103 79 65%/35% Broker 5
86 86 Jared Paul CrossCountry Mortgage LLC AZ Marine Corps 29,802,572 74 49%/51% Banker 9
87 87 Kyle Law Bailey & Wood Mortgage Lender IN Army 29,328,052 118 85%/15% Banker 27
88 88 Mark Harris Guild Mortgage Company TX Army 28,945,253 99 78%/22% Banker 23
89 89 Dawndi Lavalle U.S. Bank KY Air Force 28,367,659 83 94%/6% Banker 24
90 90 Bryan Atwood Atwood Mortgage LLC MN Army 28,367,161 90 84%/16% Broker 3
91 91 Bruce Burner Benchmark Mortgage VA Air Force 28,217,255 74 73%/27% Banker 23
92 92 Jack Langley Gershman Mortgage MO Navy 27,551,966 106 86%/14% Banker 0
93 93 Jon Miller Park Square Home Mortgage FL Army 27,391,598 62 100%/0% Banker 7
94 94 Travis Winn CrossCountry Mortgage LLC TX Army 27,385,599 61 92%/8% Banker 6
95 95 Grant Lyons Bailey & Wood Mortgage Lender IN Army 27,237,586 93 89%/11% Banker 20
96 96 Jason Hoffman U.S. Bank MO Air Force 27,205,750 25 68%/32% Banker 8
97 97 Jeffery Humphries Edge Home Finance Corp. AL Air Force 27,036,342 85 89%/11% Broker 4
98 98 John Lin CrossCountry Mortgage LLC MD Marine Corps 26,952,982 63 83%/17% Banker 4
99 99 Andrew Postell Rate TX Marine Corps 26,946,208 94 63%/37% Both 13
100 100 Jason Etters Flat Branch Mortgage Inc. MO Marine Corps 26,891,990 90 90%/10% Banker 13
Rank First Name Last Name Company State Service Branch Total Volume Total Loans Closed Purchases vs. Refis Banker or Broker Yrs. in Biz

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