Jovial Clayton
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Jovial received his Master of Arts in economics from Howard University in 2021. Prior to joining the QFP, he worked as a research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. His most recent work in research utilized complex network theory to analyze inflation. In addition to the QFP, as an adjunct professor, he teaches Principles of Macroeconomics at Reynolds Community College.
Matheus D’ Amico
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Matheus is a quantitative fellow at the Charlotte office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Prior to joining the QFP, he received a PhD in finance from the University of Rochester, where his doctoral dissertation explored the quantitative impact of large shareholders’ monitoring role on risky firms’ investment decisions. Matheus also holds a Master of Research and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During his graduate studies, he worked as a research assistant on a range of corporate finance projects, including the estimation of public firms’ target leverage and event study analysis of mergers and acquisitions.
James Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
James Davis earned his PhD in agricultural and applied economics and master’s in statistics from the University of Georgia in 2023. He also earned a master’s in resource economics from the London School of Economics in 2017. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco as a quantitative fellow, James worked as a research assistant at the University of California-Berkeley in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics. His doctoral dissertation focused on the unintended consequences of government policies on agricultural markets, using novel data and advanced time series statistical techniques.
Jingyi Fang
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jingyi Fang joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis as a quantitative fellow in July 2024. Prior to joining the QFP, she worked as an associate at a leading economic consulting firm, conducting data analysis and preparing litigation reports for experts and attorneys. She also had research experience at the Asian Development Bank working with the Chief Economist. Jingyi earned her PhD in economics from the University of Southern California, where she studied the impact of migration policies on resource allocation for firms via the labor market channel.
Andrew Hessler
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Andrew Hessler is a quantitative fellow at the Charlotte office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Andrew earned his PhD in economics from North Carolina State University in 2022 with a specialization in applied macroeconomics. Prior to joining the QFP, Andrew taught economics as a visiting assistant professor at Williams College.
John Kearns
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
John Kearns earned his master’s degree in public policy and economics from Princeton University in 2024. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as a quantitative fellow, John was a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. John also interned at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s markets group, analyzing payments and deposit products.
Mari Mumford
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Mari received her Master of Science in economics, with a minor in statistics, from the University of Minnesota. Throughout graduate school, she worked as a research assistant focusing on agricultural economics and Monte Carlo simulation models. Prior to joining the QFP, she held a data science position at a healthcare consulting firm.
Leonid Rempel
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Leonid Rempel earned his master’s degree in applied economics from Boston College in 2021. Prior to joining the QFP, Leonid worked as a senior research assistant within Supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and previously as a research assistant with the Center for Retirement Research.
Kai Tiede
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Kai Tiede received their Master of Science in public policy and data analytics from Carnegie Mellon University. During graduate school, they worked as a research assistant focused on wage insurance and as a teaching assistant for an econometrics course. They were also a data analyst intern at the Department of the Treasury.