---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-079798"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WD"
cik: "0001497770"
company_name: "Walker & Dunlop, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T09:59:03.230572+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Walker & Dunlop President Howard Smith to Retire on Jan 1, 2024; Duties Split

## Summary
- Howard W. Smith, III, President and board member, will retire effective January 1, 2024.
- Smith will not stand for reelection at the 2024 annual meeting; retirement not due to any disagreement.
- Presidential duties divided among other employees; Donald P. King III and Kris Mikkelsen to co-lead capital markets.
- Smith served 43 years at Walker & Dunlop, joining in 1980 and becoming President in 2015.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-079798
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WD
- cik: 0001497770
- company_name: Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465923079798/0001104659-23-079798-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465923079798/tm2320865d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-079798.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Howard W. Smith, III departed as Director at Walker & Dunlop, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 5, 2023, Mr. Smith also notified the Company that he will not stand for reelection at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), and therefore his service as a director will end at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465923079798/0001104659-23-079798-index.htm
- Executive change
  Howard W. Smith, III departed as President at Walker & Dunlop, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President
  source text: On July 5, 2023, Howard W. Smith, III, President and a member of the Board of Directors of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company that he will retire from the Company, effective as of January 1, 2024, on which date he will cease to serve as an officer and employee of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465923079798/0001104659-23-079798-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.