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
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

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

Sriya L. Anbil
Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

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

David M. Arseneau
Chief
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
B

Anton I. Badev
Senior Economist
Payment System Studies
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

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

Jose M. Berrospide
Chief
Financial Institution Risk Evaluation
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Neil Bhutta
Principal Economist
Microeconomic Surveys
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
C

Cecilia R. Caglio
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

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

Mark A. Carlson
Senior Economic Project Manager
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

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

Nicholas S. Coleman
Senior Economist
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance

Ricardo Correa
Assistant Director
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

Matteo Crosignani
Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
D

Erfan Danesh
Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Matt Darst
Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Sally M. Davies
Adviser
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance

Margaret DeBoer
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

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

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

Fang Du
Adviser
Program Direction
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

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

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

Gregory Elliehausen
Principal Economist
Consumer Finance
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
F

Antonio Falato
Senior Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Francesco Ferrante
Senior Economist
Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Simon B. Firestone
Senior Economist
Policy Effectiveness and Assessment
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
G

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

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

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

Juan Carlos Gozzi
Senior Economist
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance
H

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

Erik A. Heitfield
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

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

Hulusi Inanoglu
Principal Economist
Quantitative Risk Management
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Sebastian Infante
Senior Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Ivan T. Ivanov
Senior Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
J

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

Kathleen W. Johnson
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
K

John Kandrac
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Gazi I. Kara
Senior Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

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

Kyungmin Kim
Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

You Suk Kim
Senior Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

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

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

Robert J. Kurtzman
Economist
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
L

Seung Jung Lee
Senior Economic Project Manager
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance

Andreas Lehnert
Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Dan Li
Chief
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

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

Edith X. Liu
Senior Economist
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance

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

Stephan Luck
Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
M

Marco Macchiavelli
Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Traci L. Mach
Principal Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Patrick E. McCabe
Adviser
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Susan Hume McIntosh
Group Manager
Flow of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Marco Migueis
Principal Economist
Quantitative Risk Management
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

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

Joseph B. Nichols
Principal Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Friederike Niepmann
Principal Economist
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance
P

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

Yang-Ho Park
Senior Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

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

Lubomir Petrasek
Principal Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Robin Prager
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Michael V. Pykhtin
Manager
Quantitative Risk Management
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
R

Ben Ranish
Senior Economist
Quantitative Risk Management
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Marcelo Rezende
Principal Economist
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Tara Rice
Senior Economic Project Manager
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance

Jonathan D. Rose
Principal Economist
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance

Doriana Ruffino
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
S

Robert F. Sarama
Chief
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
Senior Economist
Global Financial Flows
International Finance
International Finance

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

Maya O. Shaton
Economist
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Chaehee Shin
Senior Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Paul A. Smith
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Michael Smolyansky
Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Viktors Stebunovs
Chief
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance

Gustavo A. Suarez
Chief
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
T

Judit Temesvary
Senior Economist
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
V

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

Alexandros Vardoulakis
Principal Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

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

Cindy M. Vojtech
Principal Economist
Financial Institution Risk Evaluation
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
W

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

James Wang
Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Ke Wang
Senior Economist
Quantitative Risk Management
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

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

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

Gretchen C. Weinbach
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Jason J. Wu
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
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

Egon Zakrajsek
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Rebecca Zarutskie
Chief
Banking and Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Ilknur Zer
Senior Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Francesca Zucchi
Economist
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Last update:
April 23, 2018