Ron J. Feldman First Vice President
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Ron Feldman is first vice president and chief operating officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, where he leads all Bank operations and oversees finance and budgeting, strategic planning, workforce and talent development, and performance against strategic objectives.
Ron is also a primary advisor on monetary policy, playing a leadership role in preparing for Federal Open Market Committee meetings and in the development and communication of positions on monetary policy.
An expert on financial institutions and related government policies, Ron has authored more than 50 articles on topics related to banking, finance, and monetary policy. He is one of the foremost authorities on the too-big-to-fail problem, co-authoring Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts, published by the Brookings Institution (2004).
Since joining the Bank in 1995, Ron has served as a senior officer for Supervision, Regulation, and Credit and has run the Financial Services Support Office, which assists in the oversight of the Federal Reserve’s financial services.
He has a B.A. with distinction from the University of Wisconsin and an M.P.A. from the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, where he was a university fellow. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Ron is married and the father of three children. He is an active community member, serving on the Itasca Executive Leadership Council and the Beth El Synagogue’s board of directors. He is on the board of visitors for the University of Wisconsin–Madison History Department and is an advisor to the Ness School of Management and Economics at South Dakota State University.
January 2025