Speakers Bureau | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Do you want to know what the Federal Reserve Bank does? Are you passionate about reducing economic inequality? Or are you curious about monetary policy? If so, book a Fed expert to speak to your group and share insights on these and many other related topics. We welcome the opportunity to share our expertise with civic groups, nonprofits, academic institutions, businesses, and professional and trade associations in the Ninth District.

Select a topic of interest or browse a list of our speakers and complete our request form (see restrictions here, including some dates).

Due to the number of speaking requests that President Kashkari receives, we ask that you first consider our Speakers Bureau of other Minneapolis Fed leaders and experts who may be able participate in your event. If you would still like to proceed with an invitation, please visit his speaking request page.

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First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Ron J. Feldman

Ron Feldman is first vice president and chief operating officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, where he leads Bank operations, including finance and budgeting, strategic planning, workforce and talent development, and performance against strategic objectives.

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Topics: Bank regulation and oversight | Monetary policy | Too Big to Fail

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Director, Regional Outreach

Erick Garcia Luna

Erick Garcia Luna is a regional outreach director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

In this role, he monitors, analyzes, and reports on several aspects of the Ninth District economy. He holds a degree in economics from the University of Minnesota.

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Topics: History & Functions of the Federal Reserve | National economy | Regional economy

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Senior Vice President, Supervision, Regulation, and Credit

Ken Heinecke

Ken Heinecke is the senior vice president of Supervision, Regulation, and Credit. He leads the regional supervision and regulation of bank holding companies and state member banks in the Ninth District. Ken has also served as the vice president overseeing the safety and soundness function and as a senior leader of U.S. stress testing. Before coming to the Bank, Ken held capital markets positions in the private sector and research positions at the Kansas City Fed.

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Topics: Bank regulation and oversight

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Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement

Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz works on policy development efforts in Community Development and Engagement. Ben identifies and investigates interventions that can support the economic well-being of low- and moderate-income households. His work focuses on early childhood development, affordable housing, and other priorities within the department. Ben worked for a labor union and in the nonprofit sector before coming to the Bank.

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Topics: Community & economic development | Economic inequality and opportunity

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Vice President, Director of Center for Indian Country Development

Casey Lozar

Casey Winn Lozar is a Minneapolis Fed vice president and director of our Center for Indian Country Development (CICD), a research and policy institute that works to advance the economic self-determination and prosperity of Native nations and Indigenous communities. Before assuming leadership of CICD, Casey was assistant vice president/outreach executive in the Bank’s department of Public Affairs, and the leader of our Helena Branch. A Montana native, Casey was raised on the Flathead Indian Reservation and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

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Topics: Center for Indian Country Development | Community & economic development | Regional economy

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Director, Regional Outreach

Joe Mahon

Joe Mahon is a regional outreach director. Prior to that, he served as a regional economist and as a staff writer and analyst for Bank publications The Region and fedgazette. Mahon’s primary responsibilities involve tracking several sectors of the Ninth District economy—an area that covers Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana, and portions of Wisconsin and Michigan—for the Fed. Sectors he follows closely include agriculture, manufacturing, energy, and mining. He holds degrees in economics and journalism from the University of Minnesota.

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Topics: History & Functions of the Federal Reserve | National economy | Regional economy

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Vice President, Research

Benjamin A. Malin

Ben Malin is a senior economist in the Bank’s Research Division. In this role, he conducts independent research and advises the Bank’s president on monetary policy and related matters. Prior to coming to the Bank, Malin was an economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

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Topics: History & Functions of the Federal Reserve | Monetary policy | National economy

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Assistant Vice President, Regional Outreach and Public Programs

Karmi Anna Mattson

Karmi is responsible for the Bank’s outreach and public education programs across the Ninth District. In this role, Karmi oversees regional economic data gathering, production of the Beige Book, the Bank’s facility tour program, and public events, such as the Bank’s Minnesota State Fair booth, Doors Open, and other forms of community engagement.

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Topics: History & Functions of the Federal Reserve

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Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement

Ryan Nunn

Ryan leads applied research in Community Development and Engagement. Together with a team of CDE researchers, he looks for opportunities to improve outcomes for low- and moderate-income communities with the help of better evidence and analysis. Before coming to the Bank, Ryan was a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution and policy director for the Hamilton Project.

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Topics: Community & economic development | Economic inequality and opportunity | National economy

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Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary

LuAnne Kinney Pederson

LuAnne is senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at the Bank. In these roles, she leads the Bank’s legal, privacy, and records functions and supports the Bank’s board of directors. She is also a member of the Bank’s Management Committee. LuAnne received her law degree from William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline) and her undergraduate degree from the College of St. Benedict. She resides in Roseville with her husband and three boys and volunteers for a number of community organizations in Roseville and the broader Twin Cities.

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Topics: History & Functions of the Federal Reserve

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Senior Counsel, Legal Division

Steve Powell

Steve Powell is a senior counsel in the Legal Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Steve’s legal work focuses on contracting, banking supervision and regulation, information technology, and intellectual property. Steve was formerly a manager in the Minneapolis Fed’s Supervision, Regulation, and Credit Division, where he oversaw the regulatory applications, small holding company supervision, and enforcement functions for financial institutions in the Ninth Federal Reserve District. Steve has taught courses on contract drafting and financial regulation as an adjunct law professor at the University of Minnesota Law school. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School and studied economics and math at St. John’s University.

Topics: History & Functions of the Federal Reserve

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Senior Vice President and Director of Research

Andrea Raffo

Andrea Raffo is senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Andrea began as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Before coming to the Minneapolis Fed, he spent 15 years working for the Board of Governors, most recently as associate director of the Board’s International Finance Division. Andrea’s research focus is not only on the U.S. economy but also expands into finance and economics at a global level.

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Topics: Global economy | Monetary policy | National economy

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Engagement Director, Center for Indian Country Development

Heather Sobrepena

Heather Sobrepena is the engagement director for the Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) based at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. In this role, Heather serves as a key point of contact for tribal governments and Native organizations and individuals seeking to partner with CICD to advance their research and data needs and inform economic policy decisions.

Heather is a citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and a descendant of the Crow Nation. She has 20 years of experience in state government and Native nonprofit economic and workforce development grantmaking and administration, with an emphasis on tribal private sector development. Heather holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Montana and a Bachelor of Applied Science in business from Montana Technological University. She is based in our Helena, Mont., Branch.

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Topics: Center for Indian Country Development

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Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement

Libby Starling

Libby Starling is the Minneapolis Fed’s Community Development and Engagement manager. She is responsible for the Bank’s efforts to promote the economic resilience and mobility of low- to moderate-income individuals and communities across the Ninth Federal Reserve District.

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Topics: Community & economic development | Economic inequality and opportunity

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Senior Vice President, Talent and Engagement, Learning Management Support Office, and Community Development and Engagement

Alene Tchourumoff

Alene Tchourumoff is chief human resources officer of the Human Resources and Inclusion Division, senior vice president of the Learning Management Support Office, and senior vice president of the Community Development and Engagement Division, which includes the Center for Indian Country Development. She leads the Bank’s internal human resources as well as the Bank’s external engagement with communities throughout the Ninth District, with an emphasis on low- and moderate-income people and those living in Indian Country.

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Topics: Center for Indian Country Development | Community & economic development | Economic inequality and opportunity | History & Functions of the Federal Reserve

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Director, Regional Outreach

Ron Wirtz

Ron Wirtz is a regional outreach director. His primary responsibilities involve tracking current business conditions, with a focus on employment and wages, along with sector-tracking in construction, real estate, consumer spending and tourism. In this role, Ron networks with local businesses in a six-state region, both in person and via various communication channels, and gathers other traditional and nontraditional sources of information to assess current business activity. Ron also gives customized speeches on regional economic activity, and handles advance planning for regular outreach trips to Ninth District communities by Bank President Neel Kashkari. Prior to this role, Ron was the long-time editor of the fedgazette, the Bank’s regional business and economics publication, where he conducted research on such topics as employment trends, health care pricing and consolidation, housing, entrepreneurship, public pensions, income mobility, the Bakken oil boom and other topics.

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Topics: Community & economic development | History & Functions of the Federal Reserve | Regional economy

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