Melissa A. Farrell

Melissa Farrell is a managing director and head of U.S. Debt Originations with PGIM Real Estate. Based in New York, Melissa leads the originations team and is responsible for overseeing the origination platform of commercial mortgage loans across all major capital sources and property types throughout the United States. She is currently on the U.S. Debt Executive Council. Previously, Melissa managed the originations for the Eastern and Midwestern regions and served as the primary pricing authority in those territories. Melissa has more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience. Since rejoining the company in 1997, Melissa has held a series of management roles. She previously oversaw originations in the Midwest Region and managed the company's Chicago office for 12 years. Earlier, she had worked on the equity side as an analyst in several different areas, including acquisition and dispositions, and the capital markets group with Prudential Realty Group. Prior to rejoining the company, Melissa served a short tenure as an associate in the derivatives marketing group at Scotia Bank in New York. She began her career as a valuations analyst for a hotel valuation and consulting firm. Melissa received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and earned her master of business administration from New York University Stern School of Business. Melissa holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.