Subject Matter Experts

Scheduled interviews with Chicago Fed experts are available to members of the media. To arrange an interview, please contact Laura LaBarbera at (312) 322-2387.

Daniel G. Sullivan

U.S. Economy

Daniel G. Sullivan
Senior Vice President, Economic Research
Daniel is the chief economic advisor to Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, providing insight on the national economy, monetary policy, banking, labor issues and international economics and finance.

Cathy Lemieux

Banking Regulation

Cathy Lemieux
Senior Vice President, Supervision and Regulation
Cathy has broad knowledge of the banking system and oversees the supervision and regulation of more than 1,000 banking organizations throughout the Midwest.

David Marshall

Financial Markets Group

David Marshall
Senior Vice President
David has wide expertise on business cycles, monetary policy and financial markets. He leads a multidisciplinary team of experts on financial market risk issues.

William Testa

Midwest Economy

William Testa
Vice President and Director of Regional Programs
Bill is an expert on specific midwestern economic issues, including economic development programs, regional economic growth trends and state–local public finance initiatives.

William Strauss

Manufacturing

William Strauss
Senior Economist and Economic Advisor
Bill analyzes the performance of the manufacturing sector, including the steel and auto industries, as well as the Midwest and national economy. He is the spokesperson for the monthly release of the Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index (CFMMI).

David Oppedahl

Agriculture

David Oppedahl
Economist
David follows the agricultural sector and monitors agribusiness conditions. Every three months, he conducts a survey of agricutural land values and credit conditions in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Iowa and reports the results in the Chicago Fed's quarterly AgLetter.

Doug Evanoff

Banking Markets

Doug Evanoff
Senior Financial Economist and Vice President
Doug oversees research on financial markets, institutions and regulation. He serves as an advisor to senior management of the Federal Reserve System on regulatory issues and is chairman of the Bank's annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition.

Thomas Klier

Auto Industry

Thomas Klier
Senior Economist
Thomas analyzes the structure and geography of the automobile industry, with special emphasis on the auto supplier sector. He also studies other regional economic development issues such as what motivates location decisions of headquarters.

Rick Mattoon

Energy, Higher Education and State and Local Public Finance

Rick Mattoon
Senior Economist
Rick is an expert on infrastructure issues that face the Midwest regional economy.
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Sujit Chakravorti

Payments

Sujit Chakravorti
Senior Economist
Sujit "Bob" focuses on the economics of payments and the evolving structure of global financial markets.

Anna Paulson

Financial Issues

Anna Paulson
Vice President
Anna conducts research on financial access for immigrants and entrepreneurship and other financial market issues.

Scott Brave

Chicago Fed National Activity Index

Scott Brave
Business Economist
Scott analyzes inflationary expectations and business cycles such as recessions through the prism of the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, a weighted average of 85 indicators of national economic activity.