Our Team

Mr Birdsey has over 22 years of experience in commercial mortgage real estate. Mr. Birdsey is the founder, President and CEO of The Birdsey Group, which includes Birdsey Residential Group, Birdsey Commercial Group, Birdsey Property Solutions and Birdsey Construction Management. Prior to establishing Birdsey Group, Mr. Birdsey held executive roles at GMACCM/MortgageRamp and Univest Financial Services. Mr. Birdsey's specific work history includes directing the real estate consulting effort for loan portfolio securitizations totaling over 4,000 properties with over $25 billion in loan value. He has been responsible for all real estate analysis for many seasoned portfolio CMBS transactions and B piece acquisitions for clients such as Blackrock Capital/UBS, Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, Protective Life Insurance, Credit Suisse First Boston, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Midland, and many others. Mr. Birdsey is a past associate member and former President of the Associate Leadership Committee of the Appraisal Institute. He is also a member of the CRE Finance Council, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and REGA.

Jeff Walker is responsible for the commercial mortgage group at Birdsey Group. In his role at BGC, Mr. Walker manages a team of underwriters and field service professionals in support of our clients commercial real estate lending, investing, and trading platforms. Prior to joining Birdsey Group, Mr Walker spent 8 years at Cushman and Wakefield where he was responsible for underwriting and executing commercial real estate debt and equity offerings on behalf of clients to Freddie Mac seller servicers, Fannie Mae DUS lenders, conduits, banks, and other financial institutions. Prior to that, Mr. Walker worked at Capmark Finance as an associate in the mortgage banking group.

Carla Keller has over 15 years of experience underwriting commercial real estate properties with a focus on Agency multifamily lending. At Birdsey Group, Ms. Keller underwrites Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae conventional and small balance loans. Prior to Birdsey Group, Ms. Keller held senior commercial mortgage underwriting positions at Hunt Mortgage/Centerline and PNC Real Estate.

Dennis Young has over 20 years of experience underwriting and appraising commercial real estate properties with a focus on Agency multifamily lending. In his role at Birdsey Group, Mr. Young oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac conventional and small balance loan underwriting and manages all client relationships. Prior to Birdsey Group, Mr. Young held senior roles as Deputy Chief Underwriter at Hunt Mortgage Group/Centerline as well as Underwriting Manager at Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage. Prior to that, he worked as senior underwriter and chief appraiser at HomeStreet Bank and Bankers Mutual, respectively.

Julia Brown has over 15 years of experience underwriting a variety of commercial real estate loan types and programs. At Birdsey Group, Ms. Brown underwrites Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae conventional and small balance loans. Ms. Brown has extensive experience supervising underwriting teams and managing client relationships. Prior to joining Birdsey Group, Ms Brown performed underwriting and other work for various contract underwriting firms as well as Grandbridge Real Estate Capital.