Invitation Homes Inc. announced that retired Navy Rear Admiral H. Wyman Howard will join its board of directors October 1, 2024. Howard retired from the U.S. Navy in September 2022 after more than 32 years of service for the SEAL teams and Joint Special Operations. He has had multiple tours in command of Special Operations Joint Task Forces and was among the first to deploy into Afghanistan following the terrorist attacks on September.

11, 2001. Howard also serves on the board of Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings Inc., an aerial firefighting and aerospace services company. A decision like this was likely in the works well before the FTC settlement was announced but the move could shore up confidence in the Dallas company, which owns and manages more than 80,000 homes across the country.

The share price of Invitation Homes has fallen about 3% this week although it is up more than 2% since the start of the year.