Donald H. Layton

Donald H. Layton has been on IESC’s board since 2004. Most recently, from 2012 to 2019, he was chief executive officer of Freddie Mac, a U.S. government-sponsored enterprise chartered by Congress to provide liquidity, stability, and affordability to the U.S. housing market. He is currently a Senior Industry Fellow at Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Layton has more than 40 years of experience in financial services and as a corporate leader. He worked for nearly 30 years at JPMorgan Chase and its predecessors, starting as a trainee and rising to vice chairman and member of the three-person Office of the Chairman, retiring in 2004. Then from 2007 to 2009, he served as chairman and then CEO of E*TRADE Financial, which he shepherded through the financial crisis. Additionally, Layton has been a member of the boards of several financial services firms.