Head of the Federal Reserve Bank of NY visits 10/24!

Areas of Study , Featured Events , Finance , Finance Society , Smart Woman Securities Student Organizations & Clubs | Oct 17, 2011 | Nicole Gesualdo

The CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, William C. Dudley, will speak in Tognino Hall on Monday, October 24. All Gabelli students are invited to attend, so book your seat now by registering here on GSB Access. Mr. Dudley’s address starts at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude by 9:45 a.m.

Mr. Dudley will deliver a speech about his regional and national economic outlook and will take questions from the audience. This is an unparalleled chance for students to hear firsthand what the New York Fed’s leader sees as potential avenues to improve the domestic and global economy.

Since January 2009, Mr. Dudley has been president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In that capacity, he serves as the vice chairman and a permanent member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the group responsible for formulating the nation’s monetary policy. Prior to assuming his current post, Mr. Dudley had been executive vice president of the Markets Group at the New York Fed, where he also managed the System Open Market Account for the Federal Open Market Committee. The Markets Group oversees domestic open market and foreign exchange trading operations and the provisions of account services to foreign central banks.

Before he joined the New York Fed in 2007, Mr. Dudley was a partner and managing director at Goldman, Sachs & Company and was the firm’s chief U.S. economist for a decade. He previously had been a vice president at the former Morgan Guaranty Trust Company. Mr. Dudley was an economist at the Federal Reserve Board from 1981 to 1983. He holds a doctorate in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree from New College of Florida.

Photograph of the New York Fed headquarters courtesy of Flickr’s Creative Commons.