Meet the Researchers
The Federal Reserve Board employs more than 500 researchers, including more than 400 Ph.D. economists, who represent an exceptionally diverse range of interests and specific areas of expertise. Board researchers conduct cutting edge research, produce numerous working papers and notes, and are among the leading contributors at professional meetings and in major journals. Our researchers 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:
Financial Markets
Job Role:
A
Andrea Ajello
Chief
Macro-Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Levent Altinoglu
Principal Economist
Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
John Ammer
Senior Economic Project Manager
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance
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
Sirio Aramonte
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
B
Ayelen Banegas
Principal Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Daniel J. Barth
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
David Bowman
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Celso Brunetti
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
C
Marco Cagetti
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Cecilia R. Caglio
Chief
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Fang Cai
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
James A. Caldera
Economist
Policy Effectiveness and Assessment
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
Alain Chaboud
Senior Economic Project Manager
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance
Jin-Wook B. Chang
Senior Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
James A. Clouse
Deputy Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Andrew M. Cohen
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Daniel M. Covitz
Deputy Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
D
Matt Darst
Principal Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Michele H. Dathan
Senior Economist
Global Financial Markets
International Finance
International Finance
Margaret DeBoer
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Benjamin Dennis
Principal Economist
Policy Planning and Strategy
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
Jennifer L. Dlugosz
Principal Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Dobrislav Dobrev
Principal Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Fang Du
Adviser
Program Direction
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
Shengwu Du
Senior Economist
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Burcu Duygan-Bump
Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
E
Matthew J. Eichner
Director
Program Direction
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
F
Albert Fattal
Data and Technology Analyst III
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Nathan Foley-Fisher
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
G
Joshua Gallin
Secretary of the FOMC
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Daniel I. Garcia Molina
Senior Economist
Household and Business Spending
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Geoffrey R. Gerdes
Principal Economist
Payment System Studies
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Michael S. Gibson
Director
Program Direction
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
Stefan Gissler
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Olesya V. Grishchenko
Principal Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Li Gu
Senior Economist
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
H
Nathan W. Heinrich
Financial Analyst
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Sam Hempel
Senior Economist
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Yesol Huh
Principal Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
I
Matteo Iacoviello
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance
Diana A. Iercosan
Principal Economist
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
Sebastian Infante
Chief
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
J
Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar
Principal Economist
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance
Ruth A. Judson
Senior Economic Project Manager
Global Financial Flows
International Finance
International Finance
K
R. Jay Kahn
Senior Economist
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
John Kandrac
Group Manager
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Gazi I. Kara
Chief
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Ritt Keerati
Economist
Global Financial Flows
International Finance
International Finance
Rehim Kilic
Principal Economist
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Don H. Kim
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Kyungmin Kim
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Elizabeth K. Kiser
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Yuriy Kitsul
Principal Economist
Global Financial Flows
International Finance
International Finance
Elizabeth C. Klee
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Anya V. Kleymenova
Manager
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
John R. Krainer
Manager
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
Seung Kwak
Senior Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
L
Jeongmin "Mina" Lee
Senior Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Seung Jung Lee
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Andreas Lehnert
Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Kurt F. Lewis
Principal Economist
Monetary Studies
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Canlin Li
Senior Economic Project Manager
Global Financial Markets
International Finance
International Finance
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
M
Sai Ma
Senior Economist
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance
Patrick E. McCabe
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Andrew C. Meldrum
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
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
Zach Modig
Lead Fin Inst Policy Analyst
Policy - Policy Research and Analytics
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
Michele Modugno
Chief
Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
N
Gaston M. Navarro
Principal Economist
Trade and Financial Studies
International Finance
International Finance
Travis D. Nesmith
Assistant Director
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Borghan N. Narajabad
Chief
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
O
Dong Hwan Oh
Senior Economist
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Anna Orlik
Principal Economist
Monetary Studies
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
P
Teodora Paligorova
Principal Economist
Financial Institution Risk Evaluation
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Michael G. Palumbo
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Yang-Ho Park
Principal Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Matthias O. Paustian
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Karen M. Pence
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Ander Perez-Orive
Principal Economist
Macro-Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Lubomir Petrasek
Chief
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Valery Polkovnichenko
Principal Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Charles D. Press
Senior Quantitative Analyst II
Supervision - Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
Andrea Prestipino
Senior Economist
Global Modeling Studies
International Finance
International Finance
Michael V. Pykhtin
Manager
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
R
Carlos A. Ramírez
Senior Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Andreas C. Rapp
Principal Economist
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance
David E. Rappoport
Principal Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Nelson P. Rayl
Quantitative Analyst
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
Marius Rodriguez
Group Manager
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Doriana Ruffino
Assistant Director
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
S
Mehrdad Samadi
Principal Economist
Global Financial Markets
International Finance
International Finance
Monica Valentina Sanz
Advisor
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance
Zack Saravay
Senior Fin Inst Policy Analyst I
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Cisil Sarisoy
Senior Economist
Global Financial Markets
International Finance
International Finance
Bernd Schlusche
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Andres Schneider
Economist
Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Krista Schwarz
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Zeynep Senyuz
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Chaehee Shin
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Jae W. Sim
Principal Economist
Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
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
Oleg V. Sokolinskiy
Senior Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Viktors Stebunovs
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance
Irina Stefanescu
Group Manager
Flow of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Gustavo A. Suarez
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Nathan Swem
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Pawel J. Szerszen
Principal Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
T
Hiroatsu Tanaka
Principal Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Manjola Tase
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Thiago R. T. Ferreira
Group Manager
Advanced Foreign Economies
International Finance
International Finance
Tugkan Tuzun
Principal Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
U
Pinar Uysal
Principal Economist
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance
V
Stéphane Verani
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Diego Vilán
Senior Economist
Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Bastian von Beschwitz
Chief
Global Financial Markets
International Finance
International Finance
W
Colin R. Weiss
Principal Economist
Global Financial Flows
International Finance
International Finance
Kirstin E. Wells
Principal Economist
FedNow Oversight Coordination and Strategy
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Isabella M. Wolfskeil
Economist
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance
X
Ines M. Xavier
Economist
Macro-Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Y
Ram S. Yamarthy
Senior Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Jie Yang
Group Manager
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Emre Yoldas
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance
Youngsuk Yook
Principal Economist
Flow of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Z
David L. Zeke
Senior Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Filip Zikes
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
Last Update:
December 16, 2024