Diane Swonk Chief Economist |
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Chicago, IL 312.595.7147 |
Areas of Focus: Macroeconomics, Monetary and Public Policies
Profile:- One of the most respected economists in the world and among the most quoted economists in the financial press
- Advisor to Federal Reserve Board and regional Reserve Banks
- Regularly briefs the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
- Chair of Economic Survey for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
- Testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on income inequality
- Invited to brief Group of Seven (G7) government policy makers
- Participated in bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) Annual Conference, 2011
- Presenter at Annual Economic Outlook for the Executives' Club of Chicago
- Serves as a clinical professor for DePaul University's highly rated evening MBA program
- Previously served as director of economics/chief economist and senior vice president for Bank One Corporation and its predecessors
- Named as a Fellow of the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) for outstanding contributions to the field of business economics
- Author of "The Passionate Economist: Finding the Power and Humanity Behind the Numbers"
- Awarded by Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Automotive Outlook:
- Best Business Fixed Investment Forecast, 2013
- Best Net Exports Forecast, 2012
- Best Oil Price Forecast, 2011
- Published several nationally acclaimed studies
- Named one of the top forecasters in the country by The Wall Street Journal
- Rated as one of the most accurate economic forecasters by MSNBC
- B.S., University of Michigan, with honors
- M.S., University of Michigan, with honors
- M.B.A., University of Chicago, with honors
- Council on Foreign Relations, member
- Posse Foundation, Chicago advisory board member
- Americans for the Arts, advisor
- The Kennedy Forum Illinois, member
- Chicago Council on Global Affairs, member
- University of Michigan Economics Department, advisor
- University of Michigan Alumni Association, board member
- University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Sitting Committee and Gender Committee, member
- Conference of Business Economics, member
- NABE, past president; Statistics Committee and Policy Steering Committee, member
- NABE Foundation for awarding scholarships, board member
- Chicago Conservation Center, advisory board member
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, former board member