Stephen Theobald, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Walker Dunlop, stated in a September 2019 video that joining the company as CFO in 2013 was the highlight of his career. He described the company's growth over the previous several years as transformative. Theobald also said that Walker Dunlop had built a highly profitable company with a business model he characterized as defendable and durable, adding that this gave him confidence in the company's continued growth and financial success.