Kevin also has a distinguished 35-year career in commercial real estate investment, development and finance. Kevin is currently a principal and a HUD MAP-Approved Underwriter for JCM. Kevin co-founded Buckhead in 1996 with Matthew Morgan, and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He served as CEO and a founding principal of Funding Incorporated, an FHA and Fannie Mae-approved multifamily lender which originated, funded and serviced multifamily mortgages nationwide. Before founding Buckhead, he served as Manager of Commercial Lending for Main Street Mortgage, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, and as Executive V.P. of Citadel Mortgage Co., one of the nation’s first FHA-approved multifamily co-insurers and Fannie Mae DUS lenders. As a result of this experience, Mr. Kirton has an extensive knowledge of multifamily lending, financial operations, development and management.

Mr. Kirton earned a B.A. in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis.