Meet the Economists
The Federal Reserve Board employs over 300 Ph.D. economists, who represent an exceptionally diverse range of interests and specific areas of expertise. Board economists conduct cutting edge research, produce numerous working papers, and are among the leading contributors at professional meetings and in major journals. Our economists also produce a wide variety of economic analyses and forecasts for the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee.
Last Name:
Field of Interest:
Division:
Finance
Field:
Banking and Financial Institutions
A

Robert M. Adams
Principal Economist
Consumer Finance
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Elena Afanasyeva
Principal Economist
Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

John Ammer
Senior Economic Project Manager
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance

Sriya L. Anbil
Group Manager
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Alyssa G. Anderson
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Christopher S. Anderson
Senior Economist
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

David M. Arseneau
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
B

Anton I. Badev
Senior Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Daniel J. Barth
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

William F. Bassett
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Jose M. Berrospide
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Vitaly M. Bord
Senior Economist
Consumer Finance
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
C

Cecilia R. Caglio
Group Manager
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

James A. Caldera
Economist
Policy Effectiveness and Assessment
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Francesca Carapella
Principal Economist
Payment System Studies
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Mark A. Carlson
Adviser
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Jin-Wook B. Chang
Senior Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Andrew M. Cohen
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Ricardo Correa
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance

Sergio A. Correia
Economist
Financial Institution Risk Evaluation
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Daniel M. Covitz
Deputy Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
D

Erfan Danesh
Senior Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Matt Darst
Principal Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Michele H. Dathan
Economist
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Margaret DeBoer
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Ahmet Degerli
Senior Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Laurie Pounder DeMarco
Principal Economist
Global Financial Flows
International Finance
International Finance

Daniel A. Dias
Principal Economist
Financial Institutions Risk Evaluation
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Jennifer L. Dlugosz
Principal Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

John C. Driscoll
Principal Economist
Consumer Finance
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Chuan Du
Economist
Payment System Studies
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Fang Du
Adviser
Program Direction
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Burcu Duygan-Bump
Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
E

Rochelle M. Edge
Deputy Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
F

Antonio Falato
Senior Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Giovanni Favara
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Francesco Ferrante
Principal Economist
Trade and Financial Studies
International Finance
International Finance

Nathan Foley-Fisher
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
G

Geoffrey R. Gerdes
Principal Economist
Payment System Studies
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Stefan Gissler
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

David P. Glancy
Principal Economist
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Luca Guerrieri
Associate Director
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance
H

Sinem Hacioglu Hoke
Senior Economist
Industrial Output
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Hajime H. Hadeishi
Principal Economist
Fair Lending Enforcement
Consumer and Community Affairs
Consumer and Community Affairs

Diana Hancock
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Sharjil M. Haque
Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Erik A. Heitfield
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Sam Hempel
Senior Economist
Short-term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Akos Horvath
Senior Economist
Policy Effectiveness and Assessment
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Xin Huang
Principal Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
I

Hulusi Inanoglu
Principal Economist
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Sebastian Infante
Chief
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Felicia F. Ionescu
Chief
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
J

Anil K. Jain
Principal Economist
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance
K

Dalida Kadyrzhanova
Principal Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

R. Jay Kahn
Senior Economist
Short-term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

John Kandrac
Principal Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Gazi I. Kara
Chief
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Benjamin S. Kay
Principal Economist
Policy Effectiveness and Assessment
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Kyungmin Kim
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

You Suk Kim
Principal Economist
Real Estate Finance
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Elizabeth K. Kiser
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Elizabeth C. Klee
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Anya V. Kleymenova
Principal Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Benjamin Knox
Economist
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance

John R. Krainer
Manager
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Robert J. Kurtzman
Principal Economist
Flow Of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Seung Kwak
Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
L

Seung Jung Lee
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Andreas Lehnert
Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Dan Li
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Yi Li
Principal Economist
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Laura Lipscomb
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Edith X. Liu
Chief
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

May X. Liu
Senior Statistician
Payment System Studies
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
M

Traci L. Mach
Principal Economist
Flow of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Patrick E. McCabe
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Marco Migueis
Principal Economist
Banking, Credit and Operational Risk
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

David C. Mills
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Juan M. Morelli
Economist
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
N

Thien T. Nguyen
Senior Economist
Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Joseph B. Nichols
Principal Economist
Household and Business Spending
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Friederike Niepmann
Chief
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance
P

Teodora Paligorova
Principal Economist
Financial Institution Risk Evaluation
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Wayne Passmore
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Lubomir Petrasek
Chief
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Michael V. Pykhtin
Manager
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
R

Ben Ranish
Principal Economist
Banking, Credit and Operational Risk
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Marcelo Rezende
Principal Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Chase P. Ross
Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Sharon Y. Ross
Economist
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Doriana Ruffino
Assistant Director
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
S

Robert F. Sarama
Deputy Associate Director
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Young Hwa Seok
Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Chaehee Shin
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

André F. Silva
Senior Economist
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Paul A. Smith
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Michael Smolyansky
Principal Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Viktors Stebunovs
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance

Gustavo A. Suarez
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
T

Judit Temesvary
Chief
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance

Ana-Maria K. Tenekedjieva
Economist
Flow of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Yannick Timmer
Senior Economist
Macro-Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

William F. Treacy
Adviser
Program Direction
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
U

Pinar Uysal
Senior Economist
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance
V

Skander Van den Heuvel
Associate Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Alexandros Vardoulakis
Chief
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Stéphane Verani
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Cindy M. Vojtech
Principal Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
W

Ashley Wang
Chief
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

James Wang
Principal Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Jessie Wang
Senior Economist
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Ke Wang
Principal Economist
Banking, Credit and Operational Risk
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Teng Wang
Principal Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Missaka Warusawitharana
Manager
Policy Effectiveness and Assessment
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Kirstin E. Wells
Principal Economist
FedNow Oversight Coordination and Strategy
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Carlo E. Wix
Senior Economist
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Isabella M. Wolfskeil
Economist
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance
Y

Vladimir L. Yankov
Senior Economist
Financial Institution Risk Evaluation
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Youngsuk Yook
Principal Economist
Flow of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Z

Rebecca Zarutskie
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Ilknur Zer
Principal Economist
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance

Andrei Zlate
Group Manager
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Last Update:
November 20, 2023