Manager biography
Debra Huddleston is a Managing Director at Brean Capital and joined CDT’s Board in June of 2025. She has over thirty-five years of experience at preeminent financial institutions, with a proven record of advising on and stewarding the development, implementation and growth of new businesses as well as managing restructurings and bankruptcies. She has a significant transactional background in public and private debt offerings involving all parts of the capital stack.
Prior to joining Brean Capital, Ms. Huddleston was a managing director at financial institutions such as Centennial Bank, Ranieri Partners, Perella Weinberg Partners, BlackRock, and Credit Suisse. Ms. Huddleston’s areas of expertise include commercial real estate debt and equity, capital markets including structured products, debt life cycle from origination to repayment, credit and operational risk management, portfolio management, and strategic planning.
Ms. Huddleston holds an MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and received an undergraduate degree from Brown University.