Jeff Kearns is a managing director of Affordable Housing | Debt at Walker & Dunlop and is based in Irvine, California. In this role, he is responsible for originating debt and equity financing for market-rate and affordable housing properties nationwide. He has more than 24 years of experience advising clients and structuring financing solutions for commercial real estate investors, with experience in a wide variety of commercial and multifamily property types, including market rate and workforce housing and apartment projects involving Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, tax-exempt bonds, and Section 8 subsidies.

Prior to his current role, Kearns served at Johnson Capital, which was later acquired by Walker & Dunlop, where he specialized in FHA and Agency loan originations for market-rate, mixed-income, and affordable housing properties. Before that, he served as a regional sales director at Broadband Office, a provider of shared-tenant services owned by a consortium of office real estate investment trusts. Earlier in his career, he held roles at ICS Communications and TMH Financial Corporation.

Kearns earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Irvine. He is an active member of the Affordable Housing Management Association and the California Council for Affordable Housing and serves on the board of directors for nonprofit housing developers in Southern California. He also supports the University of California, Irvine basketball program.