Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Anna L. Paulson

Anna L. Paulson
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Anna L. Paulson took office on July 1, 2025, as the 12th president and chief executive officer of the Third District, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Previously, Dr. Paulson served as executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In that role, she led the Bank’s research and policy analysis work and oversaw the department that provides analytic support for monetary policymaking and conducts research on banking and financial markets, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and the regional economy. Dr. Paulson also advised the Bank’s president and chief executive officer on monetary policy and participated in Federal Open Market Committee discussions.

She joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2001 as an economist after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University and serving as an assistant professor of finance at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Dr. Paulson’s work has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, and Review of Financial Studies. She has served on the board of the Western Economic Association International and the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession.

Dr. Paulson received a BA from Carleton College and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.

Bank Location

Ten Independence Mall
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 574-6000
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Head office at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

No branches.

Covers the state of Delaware; nine counties in southern New Jersey; and 48 counties in the eastern two-thirds of Pennsylvania.

Website: https://www.philadelphiafed.org/

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List of Directors
Class A
Name Title Term expires
December 31
Randall E. Black President and Chief Executive Officer
Citizens Financial Services Inc. and
First Citizens Community Bank
Mansfield, Pennsylvania
2026
Brian W. Jones President and Chief Executive Officer 
The First National Bank of Elmer 
Elmer, New Jersey
2027
Curtis J. Myers Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Fulton Bank and Fulton Financial Corporation
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2028
Class B
Name Title Term expires
December 31
Bret S. Perkins Senior Vice President, External and Government Affairs
Comcast Corporation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2026
Sharmain Matlock-Turner Chief Executive Officer 
Urban Affairs Coalition 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2027
Peter Ruggiero President and Chief Executive Officer
Crayola
Easton, Pennsylvania
2028
Class C
Name Title Term expires
December 31
William Lo
(Chair)
President
Crystal Steel Fabricators, Inc.
Delmar, Delaware
2026
Kisha Hortman Hawthorne
(Deputy Chair)
SVP and COO, Care Network and Behavioral Health and Crisis Center
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2027
Michael DiPiano Managing General Partner and Chairman
NewSpring
Radnor, Pennsylvania
2028

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Last Update: February 05, 2026