April 28

RSVP to: ddelorey@mit.edu

Join us for a Thought Leader Lecture with Willy Walker, Chairman and CEO of
Walker & Dunlop

Willy Walker is chairman and CEO of Walker & Dunlop. Under his leadership, Walker & Dunlop has grown from a small, family-owned business to become one of the largest commercial real estate finance and advisory firms in the United States and internationally. Walker & Dunlop is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and in its first ten years as a public company, its shares have appreciated more than 800%. The firm was also #17 on Fortune’s 2017 list of “Fastest Growing Public Companies” and has been named a Best Workplace for eight of the last eleven years by the Great Place to Work® Institute. Mr. Walker received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2011, was named “Financier of the Year” in 2017 and 2020 by Commercial Property Executive and was selected as a Most Admired CEO by the Denver Business Journal in 2024.

Date: April 28th, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Lecture | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM – Lunch reception with food and drinks!
Location: 9-354

Join us for an afternoon of insight, discussion, and networking with fellow real estate professionals.