John Ducey is a senior vice president and chief product officer of Affordable Housing | Debt at Walker & Dunlop and is based in Bethesda, Maryland. In this role, Ducey serves as chief production officer for the firm’s affordable production platform and leads affordable housing financing efforts across all capital sources, including low-income housing tax credit equity, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and private capital providers. He has more than 20 years of experience in affordable housing and community development finance and has extensive expertise in tax-exempt bonds, low-income housing tax credit equity, Section 8 housing, real estate tax abatements, and subordinate affordable housing financing.

Prior to his current role, Ducey served as director of multifamily low-income housing tax credit equity investments and manager of multifamily affordable housing at Fannie Mae. During his tenure, he approved more than $3 billion in affordable housing loans and helped lead Fannie Mae’s re-entry into the low-income housing tax credit equity business, structuring investment funds with 8 syndicators that resulted in more than $550 million in equity investments over 3 years. Earlier in his career, he held affordable housing finance and originations roles at Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, MuniMae, and Enterprise Community Investment and began his career as a community organizer and affordable housing developer with So Others Might Eat.

Ducey earned a bachelor’s degree in business and finance from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in public sector financial management and social policy from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. He is active on the Social Justice Committee at Holy Redeemer Church in Washington, D.C., which focuses on local affordable housing issues.