Stacie Nekus is a senior managing director of Affordable Housing | LIHTC Equity Investor Relations at Walker & Dunlop and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  In this role, Nekus leads investor relations business development efforts, focusing on strengthening the firm’s investor platform, expanding institutional relationships, and driving equity capital formation for Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) initiatives. She has more than 30 years of experience in real estate and more than 20 years of experience raising and placing equity capital, specializing in strategic growth to support the creation and preservation of affordable housing.

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Nekus served as national team leader of equity investments for KeyBank’s Community Development Lending and Investing platform, where she led the equity production team and strategic growth. Before that, she served as senior vice president of investor relations and capital markets at Alliant Capital, which was later acquired by Walker & Dunlop, where she led the capital markets team and helped raise more than $2.5 billion in equity. Earlier in her career, she was the managing director of capital markets at a national nonprofit tax credit syndication firm, specializing in raising and placing equity fund investments with institutional and corporate investors.

Nekus earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University. She serves as a board member of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) and is a member of the Affordable Rental Housing Advisory Council.