Richard F. Syron

Richard F.
Syron is currently the Director at Homes for Working Families and a Trustee & Adjunct Professor at Boston College since 2011.
Previously, he served as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
from 2003 to 2008 and at the American Stock Exchange LLC in 1999.
He also held positions as the President & Chief Executive Officer at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Additionally, he was the Executive Chairman at Thermo Electron Corp.
in 2003 and at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. from 2002 to 2003.
He served as a Director at John Hancock Life Insurance Co. (USA) in 2005, at McKesson Corp.
from 2002 to 2006, and at Genzyme Corp.
from 2006 to 2011.
He also worked as the Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury and as a Trustee at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Dr. Syron received his undergraduate degree from Boston College and his graduate and doctorate degrees from Tufts University.