Mallory Walker is chairman of Walker & Dunlop. A native of Washington, D.C., Mr. Walker has been active in many community and business organizations for over 40 years. Community efforts include service as Chairman and Trustee of the Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Chairman and a Commissioner of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, a Member of the Smithsonian National Board, and a Trustee of the following organizations: Heinz Endowments in Pittsburgh, PA, WETA (a Washington public radio and television station), University of Virginia College Foundation, National Building Museum, Greater Washington Research Center, and The Phillips Collection. Mr. Walker has also been a Director of the following organizations: Greater Washington Board of Trade, Board Member of the Fannie Mae Foundation, member of the Federal City Council and a Board Member of the Choral Arts Society of Washington.
Business activity includes 13 years as a Director of Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM), the nation's largest mortgage lender. He was a founding director of Atlantic Trust Company, which was sold to United Asset Management (UAM) and subsequently sold to AMVESCAP PLC (NYSE: AVZ), and he was a Director of Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc., now (NYSE: ASN) from the formation of the public company in 1994 until the fall of 1999. He was a member of the American Society of Real Estate Counselors (CRE) from 1983 to March 2002 and of the Multi-Family (Blue) Council of the Urban Land Institute from 1998 to 2004. He has been active in the Mortgage Bankers Association of America having served on its Board and Executive Committee, as well as being Chairman of its Legislative Committee and Political Action Committee, MORPAC.
Mr. Walker graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in history.
