Congratulations to the 2026 NAMB Excellence Award Winners
Every professional and company below was selected by the NAMB Awards Committee for demonstrated excellence in the mortgage industry this year.
Formally recognized at NAMB National 2026, October 16 to 19, Las VegasThese winners represent the brokers, originators, account executives, and service partners who moved the mortgage industry forward in 2026. NAMB congratulates every one of them.
Mortgage Broker of the Year
29 winners
- Ben Bell UMortgage
- Libra Branch The Mortgage Diva LLC
- Imad Canavati C2 Financial Corporation
- Melinda Casem IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE HOME LOANS empowered by Nexa Lending
- Aaron Clark Harris Capital Mortgage Group, LLC
- Daniel Clifton Clifton Mortgage Solutions
- Bannen Davis Gershman Mortgage
- Taylor Gardner Loan Lab Lending
- Jacob Garrett Motto Mortgage Pathway
- Ray Gulam Gulam Home Mortgage LLC
- Vipul Hapani Vema Mortgage LLC
- Marco Jimenez Banc Mortgage, Inc.
- Omar Khamisa Mission San Jose Mortgage Inc.
- Rene Kneller Mountain Equity Mortgage, Inc.
- Jeni Lehnen Stockton Mortgage
- Geiner Lopez Premier Loan Center Inc. (GA4088)
- Gerry Manzi Manzi Mortgage group, LLC
- Avalon McLeod McLeod Capital Fund
- John Moel Broker House Lending
- Ryan O'Keven O'Keven Financial
- Joe Page All American Home Mortgage
- Liliana Pribadi NEXA Lending
- Chirag Rachhadia Vema Mortgage LLC
- Brittney Sargent Momentum Mortgage, LLC
- Alex Shekhtman LBC Mortgage
- Tim Stacey Stacey Solutions
- Brian Tewes Tewes Lending, Inc.
- Brandon Watts The Equity Exchange
- Harold Yang AAA Capital Investment
New Broker of the Year
6 winners
- Nadia Affes Zoom Home Lending
- Alex Aughenbaugh Valor Home Loans
- Omaro Ayloush Pennymac
- Jack Connors Kinfolk Home Loans
- Amanda Embry PRIMERICA
- Chance Stoffel Motto Mortgage Preferred Partners
Influencer of the Year
8 winners
- Michael Belfor American Pacific Mortgage
- Todd Bitter NEXA Lending
- Martin De La Garza Motto Mortgage Best Life
- Jessica Hernandez Citibank
- Yillian Iglesias Goldpen Finance Service LLC
- Laura Rojas Rodriguez Real-Finity Mortgage, LLC
- Matt Shields USA Mortgage
- Nathan Young North Star Mortgage Network
Young Professional of the Year
11 winners
- Samuel Bromley xpert Home Lending
- Daniel Canales Loan Lab Lending
- Rachel Clark Clarks Crew LLC
- Tiffany Genella Core lending
- Marco Jimenez Banc Mortgage, Inc.
- Kyle Christopher Leppert Mortgage Global Solutions Inc.
- Elisa Marquez-Smith NEXA Lending
- Linh Nguyen Amwest Funding Corp
- Kevin Pennington Equity Smart Home Loans
- Chrissian Potter Mortgage Global Solutions Inc.
- Melanie Rader True north home loans
Account Executive of the Year (QM)
5 winners
- Judy Chow AAA Capital Investment
- Gwynne Griffin PennyMac TPO
- Chris Mitchell Freedom Mortgage
- Eric Salzwedel Windsor Mortgage
- Jason Twiford Orion Lending
Account Executive of the Year (Non-QM)
2 winners
- Lou Maldonado Plaza Home Mortgage
- Ari Zaimi NewRez Wholesale
Service Partner of the Year
Six categories of company recognition
Appraisal Management
- Equity Solutions USA
- PCV Murcor
Compliance
- Firstline Compliance
- Guide Mortgage Licensing
- Strategic Compliance Partners
Marketing
- MLO Branding Academy
- Ron Vaimberg International, Ltd.
Lender (Wholesale)
- LoanStream Mortgage
- NewRez LLC
- PennyMac TPO
Processing
- Apex Processors LLC
- HR Loan Processing LLC
- IME Mortgage Processing
Software & Technology
- Lender Price
- LendingPad
- Vonk Digital
