JLL Capital Markets announced today that Fannie Mae veteran Angela Kelcher has joined the firm as Senior Managing Director and will lead the national affordable housing debt production team. Kelcher will be working out of the Dallas office and will help JLL as it focuses on the firm’s growing affordable housing business and will provide leadership and oversight to the platform as it expands its staffing. , programs and overall value creation in this critical space.

Kelcher joins JLL after 17 years with Fannie Mae, most recently leading a team responsible for strategy and deliveries from Fannie Mae’s nationwide network of lenders. She has served on the board of the Central Arlington Housing Development Corporation and as an officer on the board of the North Texas Housing Coalition. She is a native of Dallas, Texas, and a graduate of Southern Methodist University.

“Angela is among the most knowledgeable and experienced lenders in the affordable housing industry. She is a creative leader, who brings a contagious energy to those around her,” said Brian Ranallo, Agency Lending Platform Leader at JLL. “JLL is committed to providing capital solutions for the growing need of affordable housing – something Angela has dedicated her career to. We are thrilled she has decided to join JLL.”