Edward J. DeMarco, President, Housing Policy Council, will be our guest at the Exchequer Club luncheon on Wednesday, November 20, 2019.

Ed DeMarco is President of the Housing Policy Council. Prior to joining HPC in June 2017, Ed was a senior fellow in residence at the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets.

From 2009 to 2014, Ed was acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), where he served as the conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and regulator of those companies and the Federal Home
Loan Banks. He has been named HousingWire Magazine’s Person of the Year for his impact on housing finance. He was chief operating officer and senior deputy director of the FHFA and its predecessor agency from 2006 to 2009.

His career in public service includes positions at the Social Security Administration, the Treasury Department, and GAO. He earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland.