J.P. Morgan Chase

Courtney Houston-Carter

Richard Johns is the Executive Director of SFC as well as the Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG), with responsibility for all aspects of the both organizations.

A longtime leader in the securitization industry, Mr. Johns, has testified on multiple occasions in front of Congress on matters pertaining to Securitization and its benefits to the Real Economy. In addition to his responsibilities across industry policy making and advocacy, Mr. Johns has actively championed the cause of women, with the creation of “Women in Securitization”, an industry initiative targeted at enabling women’s development and promoting career progression. He is a supporter of multiple charities – In addition to his role as board member of the SFIG Foundation, he supports the struggle against Pancreatic Cancer by sponsoring an SFIG team in the annual DC “Wage Hope” event, and he serves on the executive committee of the Board of the Cameron Kravitt Foundation, a foundation focused on supporting the needs of young pediatricians in how to respond to the death of an infant.