Vice President and Oklahoma City Branch Executive
Oklahoma City Branch
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
226 Dean A. McGee
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
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Chad Wilkerson is Branch Executive of the Kansas City Fed's Oklahoma City Branch office. In this role, he serves as the Bank's lead officer and regional economist in the state of Oklahoma. Wilkerson is responsible for recruiting and working with the Branch's board of directors and for briefing the Kansas City Fed's president — a member of the Federal Open Market Committee — on economic activity in the state. His research focuses on trends in the industrial structure and labor markets of the Tenth Federal Reserve District. He also supervises several business surveys for the Kansas City Fed.

Wilkerson has been with the Federal Reserve since 1998, beginning in Kansas City's Research Department. He was appointed Oklahoma City Branch Executive in January 2006. He holds a master's degree from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree from William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. He studied abroad for a year at Oxford University in England.

Wilkerson currently serves on the boards of the Economic Club of Oklahoma and Providence Hall School in Oklahoma City, as well as on the advisory board of trustees of the United Way of Central Oklahoma. He lives in Edmond, Okla., with his wife and three children.

• "The Transformation of Manufacturing Across Federal Reserve Districts: Success for the Great Plains?"
  with Megan D. Williams, Second Quarter 2012
• "Booms and Busts in Household Wealth: Implications for Tenth District States"
  with Megan D. Williams, Second Quarter 2011
• "The Export Potential of Tenth District States"
  with Megan D. Williams, Third Quarter 2010
• "Recession and Recovery Across the Nation: Lessons from History"
  Second Quarter 2009
• "How Is the Rise in National Defense Spending Affecting the Tenth District Economy?"
  with Megan Williams, Second Quarter 2008
• "The Tenth District's Defining Industries: How Are They Changing?"
  with Megan Williams, Third Quarter 2007
• "Minority Workers in the Tenth District: Rising Presence, Rising Challenges"
  with Megan Williams, Fourth Quarter 2006
• "What Do Expected Changes in U.S. Job Structure Mean for States and Workers in the Tenth District?"
  Second Quarter 2005
• "Travel and Tourism: An Overlooked Industry in the U.S. and Tenth District"
  Third Quarter 2003
• "How High Tech is the Tenth District?"
  Second Quarter 2002
• "What Are the Benefits of Hosting a Major League Sports Franchise?"
  with Jordan Rappaport, First Quarter 2001
• "The District Economic Outlook: Responding to Labor Shortages and Overseas Problems"
  with Ricardo Gazel, First Quarter 1999
• "Can U.S. Oil Production Survive the Twentieth Century?"
  with Russell Lamb, First Quarter 1999
• "Will Tightness in Tenth District Labor Markets Result in Economic Slowdown?"
  with Ricardo Gazel, Fourth Quarter 1998

• "The National Defense Boost in Rural America"
  with Megan Williams, August 2008
• "Minorities in the Tenth District: Are They Ready for the Jobs of the Future?"
  with Megan Williams, March 2007
• "Trends in Rural Manufacturing"
  December 2001

• "What's Hampering Job Growth in the District's Services Sector?"
  Third Quarter 1999
• "The Impact of the Brazilian Crisis in the Tenth District"
  with Ricardo Gazel, First Quarter 1999