Kent W. Colton

[9] Colton worked at Freddie Mac as Executive Vice President for Policy, Planning, and Economic Research from 1982 to 1984.

From 1984 to 1999, Colton was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

Colton was responsible for managing a staff of 342 in 1998 and overseeing an annual budget of $52 million in Fiscal Year 1999.

He implemented a wide range of new programs and was also responsible for dealing with numerous major business and policy challenges facing the housing industry.

[1] He is also a member of the National Advisory Council of the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.

Colton served with his wife Kathryn as the president of the Washington DC Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2014 to 2018.