On April 19, 2018, USDA announced the appointment of Joel Baxley as Rural Housing Service Administrator.

The announcement says “Joel Baxley comes to USDA with 23 years of real estate finance experience, including 13 years providing valuations of complex property types. He most recently served as the Consulting Services Director and the senior real estate technical consultant with RSM US LLP’s Financial Advisory Services consulting practice. Joel holds an undergraduate degree and MBA from the University of Alabama and a post-graduate degree from the University of Oxford.”

Baxley was one of the authors of the 2016 Comprehensive Property Assessment of USDA’s multifamily housing portfolio.