The Walker Webcast

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Marc Brackett, Bestselling Author and Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence Sep 25, 2025

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Willy sat down with Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and bestselling author of Permission to Feel and the new book, Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want.

Marc has dedicated his career to understanding the power of emotions in shaping our decisions, relationships, and overall well-being. He shared science-backed tools for recognizing and regulating emotions and explored how harnessing emotional intelligence can fuel stronger leadership, greater performance, and lasting resilience in both life and at work.

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Tom Gilbane, Managing Member and Co-President of Rockpoint Sep 18, 2025

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Willy was joined by Tom Gilbane, Managing Member and Co-President of Rockpoint, at the 2025 Zelman Housing Summit.

He and Willy discussed Rockpoint’s investment strategy, Tom’s outlook on the office and multifamily sectors, trends in rent growth, and the impact of AI across CRE asset classes. They also covered the state of the life sciences industry, sustainability standards, Tom’s perspective on the industrial sector, Rockpoint’s current priorities, and much more.

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Ryan Marshall, President and CEO of PulteGroup, Inc. Sep 11, 2025

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Willy was joined once again by Ryan Marshall, President and Chief Executive Officer of PulteGroup, Inc., at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) Fall Conference.

They took to the stage to discuss how demographic shifts are reshaping the homebuilding market, the leading indicators PulteGroup relies on to navigate change, and the evolution of its brands to serve distinct consumer needs. Ryan also shared how Del Webb communities are adapting to new lifestyle expectations, including a growing focus on wellness, and offered perspective on broader housing challenges—from affordability and immigration to the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Tune in for the trends and insights that you need to know.

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Jonathan Reckford, Chief Executive Officer of Habitat for Humanity International Sep 04, 2025

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Willy was joined by Jonathan Reckford, Chief Executive Officer of Habitat for Humanity International, an organization that is turning the vision of affordable housing into a global reality. They discussed Jonathan’s career journey, leadership lessons, Habitat’s global advocacy efforts, the challenge of affordable housing, and so much more.

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Marc Porat, Millenial Advisors Aug 28, 2025

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In this special episode of the Walker Webcast, we featured Marc Porat’s powerful keynote on the transformative role of artificial intelligence at the Walker & Dunlop Summer Conference.

Marc has spent his career at the intersection of technology and society, founding pioneering companies and anticipating the future of how we live and work. In this webcast, he shares his perspective on the exponential growth of AI and the exciting – and sometimes scary – possibilities shaping the next era of innovation.

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Ivy Zelman, EVP & Co-Founder of Zelman, a Walker & Dunlop Company Aug 21, 2025

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Willy welcomed back one of the most respected voices in the housing industry, Walker & Dunlop’s Hall of Fame housing market analyst and executive vice president and co-founder of Zelman, Ivy Zelman.

She and Willy covered the hot topics impacting today’s rapidly evolving housing landscape, including tariffs, inflation, interest rates, rising inventories, consumer trends, student loans, immigration, AI implementation, and much more.

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Will Ahmed, Founder and CEO of WHOOP Aug 14, 2025

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Willy welcomed back Will Ahmed, the visionary founder and CEO of WHOOP - the leading wearable fitness tracking company that’s reshaping how the world thinks about health and human performance.

He and Will unpacked WHOOP’s expanded mission into lifespan and longevity, recovery trends in professional athletes, the integration of medical-grade capabilities into their technology, the impact of physiological data on the live sports experience, worldwide behavioral trends, and the company’s ten-year vision.

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Kate Moore, Chief Investment Officer at Citi Wealth Aug 07, 2025

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On this episode of the Walker Webcast, we featured the timely and insightful remarks of Kate Moore, Chief Investment Officer at Citi Wealth, live from the Walker & Dunlop Summer Conference.

Kate unpacked what’s driving investor paralysis, how consumer behavior is shifting, what higher-for-longer rates mean for portfolios, and why corporate confidence is faltering behind closed doors. She also gives her take on the labor market, tax reform, and how the Fed’s future could reshape the macroeconomic landscape.

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Michael Levy, CEO of Crow Holdings Jul 31, 2025

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Willy sat down with Michael Levy, CEO of Crow Holdings, a Dallas-based real estate investment and development firm with over $33 billion in assets under management.

They discussed Michael’s broad macro view of the CRE market, opportunities he’s seeing across the asset classes, secular trends shaping the industry, opportunities in private credit, as well as his career journey, managing through the financial crisis, and leadership lessons learned along the way. 

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Dr. Theodore Schwartz, Neurosurgeon & Author Jul 24, 2025

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On a special episode of the Walker Webcast, Willy sat down with Dr. Theodore Schwartz—one of the nation’s leading neurosurgeons and author of Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery—at the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. Together, they discussed Dr. Schwartz’s approach to patient care and balancing transparency with compassion, making the decision to become a neurosurgeon, the power of the human brain, cutting edge technologies like Deep Brain Stimulation and Brain Computer Interface, and so much more.

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