Walker & Dunlop, Inc. hired Suzanne Jones as a senior director in its Agency financing group, which focuses on the nationwide origination of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily loans. Based out of the company's Dallas, Texas office, Jones brings more than 25 years of commercial real estate finance experience to the company's #1-ranked multifamily lending platform, according to a press release.
"One of the core goals of our Drive to '25 is to grow our annual debt financing volume to over $65 billion by 2025, and adding top originators like Suzanne to the platform will be instrumental to achieving our goal," said Don King, executive vice president for Walker & Dunlop's multifamily finance team.
Prior to Walker & Dunlop, Jones served as senior vice president with NorthMarq's Debt and Equity Financing group. She specialized in the origination of debt, joint venture, and structured financing for multifamily properties throughout the country. Jones was the recipient of NorthMarq's Associate Producer of the Year in 2014 and was named Real Estate Forum's Women of Influence in 2015. Additionally, Jones has served on the Producers Council, an appointment reserved for producers in the top 10% company-wide. Throughout her career, Jones has underwritten over $6 billion of commercial real estate transactions and has been engaged on large portfolios and transactions both abroad and nationwide.
She is a founding member of Real Estate Network Empowering Women (RENEW), Inc., a commercial real estate finance organization targeting women in commercial real estate finance and continues to serve on its board.
