Malcolm Johnson

Biography: Senior executive in the Commercial Real Estate group at JPMorgan Chase & Co., leads the firm’s exploratory efforts on a new platform focused on deploying equity into affordable and workforce housing projects in markets across the country. Joined JPMorgan in 2012 as the senior coverage banker in the firm’s Real Estate Banking group in Los Angeles, where he underwrote and arranged $3B in secured and unsecured debt financing for publicly traded and privately held real estate developers and investment firms. Prior to joining JPMorgan, was a vice president at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he led $2.6B in financings for a number of prominent Los Angeles-based real estate companies. Previously worked as an internal consultant for PNC Bank on the integration of the company’s residential mortgage division. In 2015, Johnson was named one of LA’s “Most Influential Lenders” by the Los Angeles Business Journal. In 2010, was honored with NAIOP’s “Developing Leaders” award. Prior to his banking career, Johnson played professional football with the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers from 1999 – 2003. Has been a guest speaker for UCLA Anderson School of Business, University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the National Football League and numerous schools and non-profit organizations in South Central Los Angeles and his native Washington, DC. Executive co-sponsor for The Fellowship Initiative, JPMC’s innovative mentorship program for young men of color. Serves on JPMorgan’s Los Angeles Market Leadership Team, Sustaining Board for the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate, Board of Trustees for the Natural History Museum of LA County and the Corporate Advisory Board for The Brotherhood Crusade, a non-profit organization supporting low-income and underserved South LA residents. Received his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and BBA from the University of Notre Dame.