Angelica Dichoco is a senior vice president and head of GSE operations at Walker & Dunlop and is based in Walnut Creek, California. In this role, she leads operational strategy across the firm’s Agency platform, focusing on scaling infrastructure, optimizing processes, strengthening risk management, and aligning teams to deliver consistent execution. She has more than 25 years of commercial real estate finance experience spanning credit, operations, underwriting, and Agency lending.

Prior to her current role, Dichoco served as senior vice president and chief underwriter of Walker & Dunlop’s Small Balance Group, where she led credit policy and helped grow the platform into the No. 1 Fannie Mae Small Loan lender and No. 5 Freddie Mac SBL Optigo lender within five years. Before that, she served as deputy chief underwriter, managing a conventional Agency underwriting pipeline exceeding $1.5 billion annually. Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, she led West Coast underwriting at Credit Suisse Column Guaranteed, overseeing Fannie Mae DUS and Freddie Mac transactions. Earlier in her career, she held roles at Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage, where she developed expertise across conventional and affordable GSE loan programs.

Dichoco is an active member and advocate of Walker & Dunlop’s employee resource groups, including Women of Walker & Dunlop and the AsiaPac Alliance.