National Advisory Council

Kent W. Colton

Membership Information:

Member Since: 1984

Spouse:

Kathryn Colton

Contact Information:

Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kent-colton-78ab3743/

Employment:

Job Title: President
Company: The Colton Housing Group
Location: Virginia, United States

Expertise:

housing finance
public management
urban development

Biography:

Kent Colton was the president of the Washington DC Temple. Professionally he is the president of the Colton Housing Group and senior research fellow at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. He served as the president of the Florida Tampa Mission from 2007 to 2010.He served as the CEO of the National Association of Home Builders, an executive vice president at Freddie Mac, the staff director of President Reagan’s President’s Commission on Housing, and a White House Fellow. Kent earned his bachelor’s degree from Utah State University, his MPA from Syracuse University, and his PhD in urban studies from MIT. Kent and Kathryn have five children.