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Christine Pratt Joins Walker & Dunlop’s Irvine Team from PGIM

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. appointed Christine Pratt as Vice President on the company’s small loans team. Based in the firm’s Irvine, CA office, she joins from PGIM Real Estate Finance and brings nearly 16 years of commercial real estate experience including serving as a member of Freddie Mac’s Small Balance Loan production team.

Walker & Dunlop’s Mark Besharaty says, “Christine will be instrumental in streamlining the loan process, helping grow this area of our business, and allowing us to help meet the growing need for more affordable renter options.”

Pratt will play a significant role in the company’s new initiative to provide sustainable and affordable financing solutions for smaller apartment properties. She also will be responsible for the origination and review of small balance loans.

As a production manager at PGIM, she was involved in the origination of $700 million of transactions in 2018. Previously, she held positions at Freddie Mac in Los Angeles and Seattle, and Greystone Servicing Corporation.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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