Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Patrick T. Harker

Patrick T. Harker
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Patrick T. Harker took office on July 1, 2015, as the 11th president and chief executive officer of the Third District, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Before taking office at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Dr. Harker served as the 26th president of the University of Delaware. He was also a professor of business administration at the university's Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics and a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the College of Engineering.

Before joining the University of Delaware in 2007, he was dean and reliance professor of management and private enterprise at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to being appointed dean in 2000, Dr. Harker served as the Wharton School's interim dean and deputy dean as well as the chair of its operations and information management department. In 1991, he was the youngest faculty member in Wharton's history to be awarded an endowed professorship as UPS Transportation Professor of the Private Sector. He has published/edited nine books and more than 100 professional articles. From 1996 to 1999, he served as editor-in-chief of the journal Operations Research.

In 2012, Dr. Harker was named a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and a charter fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He was also named a White House fellow by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and served as a special assistant to FBI Director William S. Sessions from 1991-1992.

Dr. Harker serves as a member of the Select Operating Committee of Select Greater Philadelphia. He previously served on the boards of Catholic Relief Services, Pepco Holdings, Inc., and Huntsman Corporation, and was a founding member of the board of advisers for Decision Lens, Inc. Dr. Harker was also a nonbanking Class B director of the Philadelphia Fed from 2012 to 2015.

Dr. Harker was born on November 19, 1958, in Camden, New Jersey. He has an MSE and BSE in civil engineering, an MA in economics, and a PhD in civil and urban engineering, all from the University of Pennsylvania.

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

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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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Last Update: February 06, 2024