Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
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John C. Williams

Past President and Chief Executive Officer (2011 – 2018)

John C. Williams served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from March 1, 2011 to June 17, 2018. Dr. Williams was previously the executive vice president and director of research for the San Francisco bank, which he joined in 2002. He began his career in 1994 as an economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, following the completion of his PhD in economics at Stanford University. Prior to that, he earned a master’s of science from the London School of Economics, and an A.B. from the University of California at Berkeley. Additionally, he served as senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and as a lecturer at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

Speeches

Bio

Research

Public Schedule Archive

2018

June 2018

  • Interview with Ann Saphir, Reuters
  • Meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors, FRBSF (2)
  • Meeting with Jelena McWilliams, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Washington, D.C.
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.

May 2018

  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Remarks to the Stanford University Hoover Institution Monetary Policy Conference, Stanford, CA
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC
  • Meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors, FRBSF (2)
  • Speech to the Economic Club of Minnesota on The Future Fortunes of R-star: Are They Really Rising?, media availability after speech, Minneapolis, MN
  • Interview with Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg
  • Meeting with Daniel Weiss, Angeleno Group, FRBSF
  • Meeting with London School of Economics Alumnae Group, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Scott Anderson, President and CEO of Zions Bank, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Ron Green, President and CEO of Oregon Pacific Bank, and Michael Descheneaux, President of Silicon Valley Bank, FRBSF

April 2018

  • Meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors, FRBSF (2)
  • Speech to the World Affairs Council of Sonoma County on Supporting Strong, Steady, and Sustainable Growth, media availability after speech, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Attend Community Development Tour, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Attend Annual Conference of Twelfth District Directors, FRBSF Boards of Directors, Los Angeles, CA
  • Remarks to the National Association of Business Economics Global Economics Symposium, media availability after speech, Banco de España, Madrid, Spain
  • Interview with Luis Doncel, El Pais
  • Interview with Javier Sanchez, ABC
  • Remarks to the University of California, Berkeley Fischer Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics Advisory Board Meeting, Pebble Beach, CA
  • Meeting with The Honorable Juyeol Lee, Governor of the Bank of Korea, FRBSF

March 2018

  • Attend Economic Research Targeting Symposium, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF)
  • Attend Economic Research Conference on Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy, FRBSF
  • Meeting of the FRBSF Board of Directors, FRBSF (2)
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results, San Francisco, CA
  • Attend event for the new director of the London School of Economics, Palo Alto, CA

February 2018

  • Speech to the Financial Women of San Francisco on Expecting the Expected: Staying Calm When the Data Meet the Forecasts, media availability after speech, San Francisco, CA
  • Meeting with President David Lassner, University of Hawaii System, Honolulu, HI
  • Meeting of the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, Honolulu, HI
  • Meeting with University of Hawaii at Manoa students, Honolulu, HI
  • Speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Community Leaders Luncheon on Expecting the Expected: Staying Calm When the Data Meet the Forecasts, media availability after speech, Honolulu, HI
  • Meeting with Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) staff, Honolulu, HI
  • Meeting with Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-2) staff, Honolulu, HI
  • Meeting with representatives of the Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
  • Meeting of the FRBSF Board of Directors, Honolulu, HI
  • Attend Hawaii Community Development Tour, Kauai, HI
  • Meeting of the FRBSF Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Meeting of the FRBSF Board of Directors, FRBSF
  • Meeting of the FRBSF Community Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Remarks to Town Hall Los Angeles, media availability after speech, Los Angeles, CA

January 2018

  • Attend American Economic Association/Allied Science Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • Interview with Jonathan Spicer and Howard Schneider, Reuters
  • Panelist at Brookings Institution Conference on Inflation Targeting, Washington, DC
  • Interview with Paul Davidson, USA Today
  • Meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors, FRBSF (2)
  • Meeting of the FRBSF Economic Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Meeting of the Business Executives for National Security, FRBSF
  • Interview with Sam Feming, Financial Times
  • Remarks at the Bay Area Council Economic Institute 11th Annual Economic Forecast Conference, media availability after remarks, FRBSF
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC

2017

December 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Salt Lake City Branch Board of Directors, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Attend meeting of the FRBSF Board of Directors, FRBSF (2)
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Interview with Mike Derby, The Wall Street Journal, FRBSF

November 2017

  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Interview with Jean Yung, Market News, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with faculty and students, followed by remarks at Howard University School of Business, Washington, DC
  • Interview with Rob Young, BBC World News, Washington, DC
  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors, FRBSF (2)
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results, San Francisco, CA
  • Speech to the 2017 Asia Economic Policy Conference on When the United States Sneezes…, media availability after speech, FRBSF
  • Panel participant at the University of California, Berkeley Clausen Center Conference, Berkeley, CA
  • Speech to the 54th Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon on Monetary Policy and the Economic Outlook: A Fine Balancing Act, media availability after speech, Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business, Phoenix, AZ
  • Interview with Mark Brodie, KJZZ Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
  • Meeting with representatives of regulated financial institutions, San Francisco, CA

October 2017

  • Speech to the Community Banking in the 21st Century Research and Policy Conference on Interest Rates and the “New Normal,” media availability after speech, St. Louis, MO
  • Attend Economic Research Conference on Advances in Finance and Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF)
  • Attend meeting of the FRBSF Community Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Remarks to the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Speech to the Salt Lake Area Community Leaders Luncheon on What’s the Future of Interest Rates? The Answer’s in the Stars, media availability after speech, FRBSF, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Interview with Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Attend meeting of the FRBSF Board of Directors, FRBSF (2)
  • Attend Group of Thirty 32nd Annual International Banking Seminar, Washington, DC
  • Interview with Binyamin Appelbaum, The New York Times, Washington, DC
  • Attend meeting with students and faculty, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Attend meeting hosted by British Consul General, San Francisco, CA
  • Attend meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, Washington, DC

September 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (3)
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with representative of regulated financial institution
  • Attend Pacific Rim Banknote Conference
  • Interview with Chris Jeffery, Central Bank Journal
  • Meeting with Thomas J. Jordan, Chairman, Swiss National Bank, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Attend Swiss National Bank Distinguished Lecture, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Paper discussion at the Swiss National Bank Research Conference; media availability afterwards, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Meeting with Credit Union Economics Group
  • Attend Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC) Meeting
  • Attend Phoenix Community Development tour, Phoenix, AZ
  • Attend Solar Initiative presentation and roof tour, Phoenix, AZ

August 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Attend Financial Institution Supervision and Credit (FISC) Conference
  • Speech to the Economic Club of Las Vegas, media availability, Las Vegas, NV
  • Interview with Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal
  • Interview with Richard Quest and Patrick Gillespie, CNN
  • Attend The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Roundtable Discussion, Phoenix, AZ
  • Interview with Russ Wiles, Arizona Republic
  • Attend the Kansas City Economic Policy Symposium, Jackson Hole, WY

July 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with Representative Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1)
  • Meeting with Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Washington, DC
  • Meeting with The Greenlining Institute’s Summer Associates
  • Attend Eminent Speaker Series hosted by the Economic Society of Australia, Sydney, Australia
    • Snape Lecture at the Productivity Commission, Melbourne, Australia
    • Speech at Monash University Australian Centre for Financial Studies, Melbourne, Australia
    • Seminar at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Roundtable discussion at the Tasmanian Department of Treasury, Hobart, Australia
    • Giblin Lecture at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
    • Roundtable discussion at the Tasmanian School of Economics and Business, Hobart, Australia
    • Seminar at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
    • Meetings with senior officials at the Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, Australia
    • Speech to the Australian Business Economists, Sydney, Australia

June 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Speech at the Bank of Korea’s Conference on Economic Financial Challenges, media availability, Seoul, South Korea
  • Interview with Kim Shin Young, Chosun Ilbo
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC)
  • Attend Annual International Journal of Central Banking Research Conference, Prague, The Czech Republic
  • Interview with Elysse Morgan, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Speech at the University of Technology Sydney, media availability, Sydney, Australia
  • Remarks at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  • Interview with Jacob Gerber, Australian Financial Review
  • Remarks at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

May 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with Representative Ed Royce (R-CA-39), Washington, DC
  • Meeting with Representative Denny Heck (D-WA-10), Washington, DC
  • Speech at the Shadow Open Market Committee Conference, media availability afterwards, New York, NY
  • Panel participant at the Standford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and the Hoover Institution Debate, Stanford, CA
  • Meeting with representatives of regulated financial institution
  • Attend Community Advisory Council Meeting
  • Attend Reserve Bank of New Zealand Executive Meeting of East Asia Pacific Group, New Zealand
  • Attend Facebook Live event at El Camino High School, San Francisco, CA
  • Attend Behavioral Economics Conference at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  • Interview with Ana Swanson, Washington Post
  • Meeting with Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA-43), Washington, DC
  • Meeting with U.S. Joint Economic Committee staff, Washington, DC
  • Interview with Ann Saphir, Reuters
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Speech at the Joint FRB Financial Institution Supervision and Credit (FISC)/Monetary Authority of Singapore Conference, media availability, Singapore
  • Interview with Haslinda Amin, Bloomberg
  • Interview with Grace Leoung, Straits Times
  • Interview with Jeevan Vasagar, Financial Times

April 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors 
  • Remarks at Conference organized by The Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability and the Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt, Germany; media availability after remarks
  • Interview with Mark Schrörs with Boersen-Zeitung, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Interview with Jan Mallien with Handelsblatt Global, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Attend meetings and deliver a lecture at the European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Meeting with Representatives of Regulated Financial Institution
  • Remarks at UC Berkeley Alumnae event, San Francisco, CA
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council
  • Provide lecture and meet with students and faculty at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  • Remarks to CEO of AT&T and his senior management team: AT&T CEO Productivity Briefing, San Francisco, CA
  • Meeting and tour of Concord Currency Recycling Center with Kent Steinwert, Chairman, President and CEO, F&M Bank (and former CDIAC member)

March 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Meetings with faculty and students at the University of California Irvine, Santa Ana, CA
  • Meeting with Patrick Collison, Co-founder and CEO of Stripe, San Francisco, CA
  • Meetings with faculty and students at the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  • Interview with Harriet Tory, Wall Street Journal, Washington, DC
  • Speech at the Brookings Institution, media availability afterwards, Washington, DC
  • Interview with Andrew Serwer, Yahoo Finance, New York, NY
  • Speech at the Forecasters Club of New York, media availability after speech, New York, NY
  • Interview with Maria Bartiromo, Fox Business News, New York, NY
  • Panel participant at the Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge Conference, New York, NY
  • Remarks at London School of Economics Alumnae Event, San Francisco, CA
  • Meeting with Senator David Purdue (D-GA) and FRBNY President Dudley, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and FRBNY President Dudley, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with Senator Mike Lee (U-UT) and FRBNY President Dudley, Washington, DC

February 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors Meeting (2)
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Interview with Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg
  • Interview with Mike McKee, Bloomberg TV
  • Attend Moderate Council on Foreign Relations event
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Meeting with John Hurley, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Calvary Management Group
  • Meeting with Bill Evans, Managing Director and Global Head of Economics of Westpac Economics
  • Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Shanmugaratnam, Monetary Authority of Singapore
  • Meeting with Senator Mike Crapo (R), Boise, ID
  • Meeting with Senator Jeff Merkley (D), Washington, DC
  • Meeting with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D), Washington DC
  • Meeting with Dr. Dino Falaschetti, House Financial Services Committee (R), Washington DC
  • Meeting with faculty and students at Boise State University, Boise, ID
  • Interview with Zach Kyle, Idaho Statesman
  • Meeting with Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter, Boise, ID
  • Meeting with MBA class at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Meeting with faculty and students at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Speech at the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce, media availability afterwards, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Attend seminar at the University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Meeting with faculty and students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

January 2017

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors Meeting (2)
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • AEA/ASSA Meetings, Chicago, IL
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC, Chicago, IL
  • Interview with Sam Fleming, Financial Times, Chicago, IL
  • Interivew with Thomas Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
  • Attend meeting with Sacramento State University Students, Sacramento,CA
  • Attend meeting with Sacramento business executives, Sacramento, CA
  • Speech at the Sacramento Business Review Economic Forcast meeting, media availability afterwards, Sacramento, CA
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council
  • Meeting with David Wessel, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings Institution
  • Speech at the annual meeting for the Solano Economic Development Corporation
  • Remarks and panel discussion at the Bay Area Council Economic Institute Forecast Event
  • Meeting with Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Officer of the California Labor Federation
  • Meeting with Dr. Jeffrey Jaensubhakij, Group Chief Investment Officer, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
  • Meeting with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Washington, DC

2016

December 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors Meeting (2)
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Attend meeting of the FRBSF Seattle Branch Board of Directors Meeting, Seattle, WA
  • Meeting with representative of regulated financial institution
  • Interview with Binyamin Appelbaum, New York Times

November 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Attend Bank of Canada Annual Research Conference, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Attend quarterly financial results meeting with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank
  • Meeting with Hector Thompson with the Embassy of Australia
  • Speech and Fireside Chat, University of San Francisco Downtown Campus, media availability afterwards, San Francisco, CA
  • Panel participant, Pacific Business and Investment Briefing, Bay Area Council, San Francisco, CA
  • Meeting with Barry Meyer, Director and Bobby Kotick, Director; President and CEO of Activision Blizzard
  • Attend China talk at Bay Area Council Meeting
  • Attend Pacific Basin Research Conference
  • Attend IJCB Conference
  • Meeting with James Morris, Chairman, President, CEO and Tod Nasser, SVP of Pacific Life Insurance Company
  • Attend Community Development Tour of the Rosewood Neighborhood, Portland, OR

October 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Los Angeles Branch Board of Directors, Los Angeles, CA
  • Meeting with Governor Agustin Carstens, Banco de Mexico and FRBSF staff, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Meeting with Commissioner Erica Groshen, Bureau of Labor and Statistics
  • Meeting with Athanasios Orphanides, Economist
  • Meeting with the Economic Advisory Council
  • Attend FRB Boston 60th Economic Conference, Boston, MA
  • Keynote speaker at Improving Diversity in the Financial Services Industry – A Holistic View conference, Rutgers University, media availability afterwards, Newark, NJ
  • Speech at the Federal Home Loan Bank Member Conference, media availability afterwards, San Francisco, CA
  • Interview with Mike Derby, Wall Street Journal
  • Meeting with Stephen Halmarick, Chief Economist with Colonial First State Global Asset Management

September 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Attend joint meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors and Portland Branch Board of Directors, Portland, OR
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with James L. McIntire, Washington State Treasurer
  • Interview with Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal
  • Meeting with Governor Brian Sandoval (R-NV), Reno, NV
  • Meeting with representatives of regulated financial institution, Reno, NV
  • Speech at The Hayek Group, media availability afterwards, Reno, NV
  • Attend program at Pamplin School of Business, Portland, OR
  • Attend Bay Area Council Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
  • Interview with Ann Saphir, Reuters
  • Meeting with the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
  • Attend meeting at Google headquarters, Mountain View, CA

August 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Attend meeting of the FRBSF Board of Directors Bank Performance Committee
  • Meeting at Square with Jackie Reses
  • Attend presentation with representatives of MUFG and FRBSF staff regarding institutions quarterly financial results
  • Meeting with Seth and Jon Rosenberg
  • Interview with Jon Hillsenrath, Wall Street Journal
  • Interview with Ylan Mui, Washington Post
  • Meeting with Micah Weinberg, President, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
  • Meeting with the delegation from the Governor’s Office regarding Marijuana Banking
  • Meeting with the Economic Development Corporation, Anchorage, AK
  • Interview with Jeannette Falsey, Alaska Dispatch News
  • Cook Inlet Housing Tour, Anchorage, AK
  • Meeting at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
  • Meeting with Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, Anchorage, AK
  • Meeting with Anchorage Economic Development Board of Directors
  • Speech to the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, media availability afterwards, Anchorage, AK
  • Attend Rocket Launch Facility, Alternative Energy Site and Kodiak Fishery/Harbor
  • Meeting with Multi-employer Plan Representatives
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo and FRBSF staff regarding institutions quarterly financial results
  • Attend Economic Policy Symposium, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, MO

July 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Attend meeting of the FRBSF Board of Directors Bank Performance Committee
  • Attend Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Gregg Robb, Marketwatch
  • Interview with Jeana Smailik, Bloomberg
  • Meeting with Janet Lamkin, California State President and Ron Starzenegger, Legacy Asset Servicing and Market Engagement Executive, Bank of America
  • Meeting with Ruth M. Porat, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Google, Mountain View, CA
  • Attend Symposium on Asian Banking and Finance
  • Meeting with representatives of regulated financial institution
  • Remarks at the NBER Summer Institute Monetary Economics Program, Cambridge, MA
  • Remarks at the Pacific Pension and Investment Institute’s Summer Roundtable, media availability afterwards, Cambridge, MA

June 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Interview with George Avalos, Bay Area News Group
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC)
  • Meeting with Senate Banking Committee Staff (Majority), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), Washington, D.C.

May 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Remarks at the Milken Institute 2016 Global Conference, Los Angeles, CA
  • Interview with Kathleen Hays, Bloomberg Radio
  • Interview with Kelly Johnson, KCRA TV and KFBK Radio
  • Attend Policy Conference on International Monetary Stability Past, Present and Future, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC
  • Remarks at Piedmont High School, Piedmont, CA
  • Speech at Greater Sacramento GBB Financial Forum, media availability afterwards, Sacramento, CA
  • Interview with Jon Hilsenrath, Wall Street Journal
  • Attend Conference in honor of Mike Woodford, New York, NY
  • Interview with Maria Bartiromo, Fox Business
  • Policy discussion at Council on Foreign Relations Program, C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics, media availability afterwards, New York, NY
  • Interview with Andy Serwer, Yahoo Finance
  • Interview with Martin Wolf, Financial Times
  • Attend Economic Research Symposium on Inflation, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Senate Banking Committee staff with President Lockhart (Washington, D.C.)

April 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Peter Barnes, Fox Business News
  • Speech at Lendit (FinTech) Conference, media availability afterwards, San Francisco, CA
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC)
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Luncheon with bankers from the 12th District – Walter Kaczmarek, Pres. & CEO, Heritage Bank of Commerce; Raymond Dardano, Pres. & CEO, Marlin Business Bank; Wayne Bradshaw, Pres. & CEO, Broadway Financial Corp. and Federal Bank
  • Meeting at the Federal Home Loan Bank with senior management
  • Meeting with Richard Blum, Chairman and President of Richard C. Blum Associates, Inc.

March 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Sam Fleming, Financial Times
  • Attend Discussion with Community Leaders at Bishop Ranch Forum, media availability afterwards, San Ramon, CA
  • Meeting with Lionel C. Johnson, President, Kris Greenville, Vice President and Nicolas Sramek, Director at Pacific Pension & Investment Institute
  • Meeting with Bill Evans, Chief Economist with Westpac Institutional Bank
  • Meeting with Congressman David Schweikert, (R-AZ), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman Jason Chaffetz, (R-UT), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Jeff Merkley, (D-OR), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with the House Financial Services Staff, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman Brad Sherman, (D-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman Xavier Becerra, (D-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman Greg Walden, (R-OR), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Conressman Juan Vargas (D-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Steve Bechner, MNI
  • Interview with John Heltman, American Banker
  • Trip to Singapore & Hanoi, Vietnam to meet with Central Bankers and Business Leaders
  • Interview with Bernie Lo, CNBC Asia’s Squawk Box
  • Interview with 938 Live Radio
  • Interview with Edward Lane, SNL Financial News
  • Meeting with Bay Area Real Estate Executives & Deputy Chair Alex Mehran:
    • Michael Covarrubias, Chairman and  Chief Executive Officer; TMG Partners
    • Charles “Chop” Keenan, Operating Partner; Keenan Land Company
    • Don Kuemmeler, Co-Managing Partner; Pacific Coast Capital Partners
    • Nori Gerardo Lietz, Founding Partner; Arete Capital
    • George Marcus, Co-Founder and Chairman; Marcus & Millichap Company
    • Hamid Moghadam, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Prologis
    • Mark Myers, Executive Vice President-Group Head; Wells Fargo & Company
    • Joel Redmon, Managing Director and Head of San Francisco Office; MetLife Investments
    • Kenneth Rosen, Chairman; Rosen Consulting Group
    • John Sobrato, Chief Executive Officer; The Sobrato Organization

February 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC)
  • Interview with Mike Mibach, Gasia Mikaelian, and Sal Castaneda, KTVU/Fox News
  • Attend Conference of Presidents (COP) meeting, Atlanta, GA
  • Speech at the 2016 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference, Los Angeles, CA
  • Attend of the 12th District Community Depository Advisory Council (CDIAC)
  • Speech at the Town Hall City Club, media availability afterwards, Los Angeles, CA
  • Interview with Don Lee, Los Angeles Times
  • Meeting with Willa Seldon, Partner with The Bridgespan Group
  • Presentation at Wells Fargo Bank Board of Directors meeting
  • Meeting with faculty of New York University, Stern Center for Global Economy & Business, New York, NY
  • Speech at New York University, Stern Center for Global Economy & Business, media availability afterwards, New York, NY
  • Panel participant, Chicago Booth School of Business, Monetary Policy Forum, New York, NY
  • Interview with Ben Casselman, FiveThirtyEight

January 2016

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Panel participant at the Equilibrium Real Interest Rate, AEA/ASSA Conference, San Francisco
  • Panel participant at the Implementation of Macroprudential Policies by Central Banks, media availability after the panel, AEA/ASSA Conference, San Francisco
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC
  • Interview with Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal
  • Meeting with Micah Weinberg, President, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
  • Speech at the California Bankers Association Bank Presidents Seminar, Santa Barbara, CA, media availability after speech
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Meeting with Dr. John Taylor, the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution
  • Remarks at the Bay Area Council 9th Annual Economic Forecast Event (hosted by FRBSF), media availability after remarks
  • Meeting with Dr. Dino Falaschetti, Chief Economist, Financial Services Committee, Washington, D.C.
  • Panelist at the Commonwealth Club of California – Walter Hoadley Annual Economic Forecast Event, media availability after remarks, San Francisco

2015

December 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend Portland Branch Board of Directors meeting; Portland, OR
  • Community Leaders Luncheon Speech; media availability after speech, Portland, OR
  • Attend Los Angeles Branch Board of Directors Meeting; Los Angeles, CA
  • Remarks at the Virtual Currency Conference, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Patrick Wolff, Sophia Drossos, Managing Directors at Thiel Marco
  • Interview with Ann Saphir, Reuters

November 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Remarks at Financial Institution Supervision and Credit (FISC) Conference on Consumer Finance; FRBSF
  • Attend FRBSF/Bank of Canada Conference on Recent Advances in Fixed Income Reserves and Implications for Monetary Policy; FRBSF
  • Meeting with Japanese Consul General Jun Yamada
  • Meeting with Ole Bech-Moen, Chief Investment Officer and Maren Romstad, Economist, Norges Bank
  • Interview with Paul Davidson, USA Today
  • Meeting with Karen Lee, CEO, Pioneer Human Services
  • Meeting with Dr. Joon-Ho Hahm, Member, Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of Korea
  • Meeting with Leila Janah, CEO, SAMA group
  • Attend Asia Economic Policy Conference; FRBSF
  • Remarks at Clausen Center Conference on Global Economic Issues (UC Berkeley), media availability after remarks
  • Attend International Journal of Central Banking Conference; Mexico City
  • Speech – Arizona Council on Economic Education Gala Event, media availability after speech (Tempe, AZ)
  • Meeting with Rosemary Turner, President, UPS North California District

October 2015

  • Attend joint meeting of the San Francisco and Seattle Branch Boards of Directors; Spokane, WA
  • Attend Salt Lake City Branch Board of Directors Meeting; Salt Lake City, UT
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend event at the University of Utah with Economic Students; Salt Lake City, UT
  • Community Leaders Luncheon Speech; Salt Lake City, UT, followed by media availability
  • Attend Community Development Tour; Salt Lake City, UT
  • YPO Event/Speech at the Salt Lake City Branch
  • Speech at the Urban Land Institute; San Francisco, CA, followed by media availability
  • Community Leaders Luncheon Speech; Spokane, WA, followed by media availability
  • Interview with Mike McKee, Bloomberg TV
  • Meeting with Senator Dean Heller, (R-NV), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Ron Wyden, (D-OR), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Dan Sullivan, (R-AK), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, (R-WA). Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Dianne Feinstein, (D-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator James Risch, (R-ID), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Mayor David A. Condon, Spokane, WA
  • Interview with Martin Crustsinger, Associated Press
  • Attend Conference at The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Sasha Werblin, Economic Equity Director; Danielle Beavers, Economic Equity Senior Manager; Zachary Murray, Economic Equity Manager and Orson Aguilar, Executive Director; The Greenlining Institute

September 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Stanford University students in Professor John Shoven’s class “A Random Walk Down Wall Street”
  • Meeting with Anne Wilson, CEO United Way of the Bay Area
  • Interview with Jon Hilsenrath, Wall Street Journal
  • Speech at symposium hosted by Harvard Law School, Armonk, NY; media availability after speech.
  • Meeting with Stephen Halmarick, Head of Economic and Research for Colonial First State
  • Meeting of the FRBSF Economic Advisory Council
  • Meeting of the FRBSF 12th District Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF Staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results.
  • Speech at the UCLA Anderson Forecast Conference, Los Angeles, CA; media availability after speech
  • Meeting with Carrie Dolan, Chief Financial Officer, Lending Club
  • Meeting with Jeff Epstein, Operating Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
  • Meeting with Representative Edward Randall Royce, (R-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Brian Emanuel Schatz, (D-HI), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Dr. Dino Falaschetti and Joe Pinder, senior staff of the House Committee on Financial Services; Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with House Republican staffers; Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with House Democrat staffers; Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Maria Bartiromo, Sunday Morning Futures
  • Meeting with the Credit Union Economics Group;
    • Fred Eisel, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer; First Carolina Corporate Credit Union (Greensboro, NC)
    • Deepak Godhwani, Vice President/Finance; Operating Engineers Local Union #3 Federal Credit Union (Livermore, CA)
    • Janet Lee, Chief Financial Officer; Chevron Federal Credit Union (Oakland, CA)
    • Curtis (Curt) Long, Chief Economist and Director of Research; National Association of Federal Credit Unions (Arlington, VA)
    • Steven Stapp, President and Chief Executive Officer; San Francisco Federal Credit Union (San Francisco, CA)
    • Kyle Whittlinger, Vice President/Finance; Chevron Federal Credit Union (Oakland, CA)
  • Meeting with representatives of the Hay Group

August 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Keynote address/panel participant at the Bank of Indonesia/Bank for International Settlements Joint Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Meeting with Richard Lyons, Dean of the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
  • Meeting with Anne Wilson, CEO; United Way of the Bay Area

July 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Roy Whitehead, Chairman, President and CEO, Washington Federal Inc.; Richard Sanborn, President and CEO, Seacoast Commerce Bank; Don Griffith, Chairman, President and CEO, Grandpoint Capital, Inc.; and FRBSF staff
  • Meeting with Don Knauss, former Executive Chairman; Clorox Company
  • Meeting with Katie Hall, CEO; Hall Capital Partners, LLC
  • Speech at the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists, media availability after speech, Los Angeles, CA
  • Meeting with Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, FRBSF
  • Tour of downtown Mesa, AZ. with Mayor John Giles
  • Interview with Ronald Hansen; AZ Republic
  • Speech to the Mesa Chamber of Commerce, media availability after speech, Mesa, AZ.
  • Ambassador Forum with the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Phoenix, AZ
  • Meeting with Hector Thompson, Minister, Embassy of Australia
  • Interview with Rich Miller, Bloomberg
  • Meeting with Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), FRBSF
  • Meeting with Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ), Washington, D.C.

June 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman Juan Vargas (D-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg
  • Meeting with representatives of regulated financial institution
  • Speech at the East Asian NBER Conference; FRBSF; media availability after speech
  • Meeting of the Economic Advisory Council
  • Meeting with Tom Daniels, Spencer Stuart
  • Meeting with Jack Pelo, Vice Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council and President and CEO of Swire Coca-Cola, USA
  • Meeting with Barry Meyer, member of the FRBSF’s Board of Directors and Founder and Chairman of North Ten Mile Associates
  • Meeting with Greenling Summer Associates

May 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors (2)
  • Speech at Chapman University’s Conference on Monetary Policy in Financial Markets, Orange County; media availability after speech
  • Keynote address at the Pacific Community Ventures Annual Luncheon, San Francisco
  • Meeting with Anita Pramoda, Co-Founder and CEO; TangramCare
  • Meeting on Affordable Housing, San Francisco
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC
  • Interview with Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance
  • Interview with Karen Mracek, Market News International
  • Interview with Jon Hilsenrath and Ben Leubsdorf, Wall Street Journal
  • Speech to the New York Association for Business Economics, New York; media availability after speech
  • Remarks at SF Banker’s Forum; FRBSF
  • Meeting of the Conference of Chairs, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend conference at the Hoover Institute; Central Bank Governance and Oversight, Stanford, CA
  • Meetings with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Banking Institutions, Treasury Officials and the Port Authority, Singapore
  • Interview with Toni Waterman, Channel News Asia
  • Interview with Chia Yan Min, The Straits Times
  • Speech at the FISC symposium on Asian Banking and Finance cohosted with the Monetary Authority of Singapore; media availability after speech

April 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Conference of Twelfth District Board of Directors, Los Angeles
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Binyamin Appelbaum, New York Times
  • Interview with Ann Saphir, Reuters
  • Meeting with J. Slatterly and Roger Edgar, London School of Economics
  • Interview with Sebastian Mallaby, Alan Greenspan Biographer
  • Remarks to UC Berkeley’s Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society
  • Meeting with Lynn Reaser, Chief Economist, Randy Ataide, Senior Counsel and Cathy Gallagher, Executive Director, Point Loma Nazarene University

March 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Meeting with students and teacher, Fremont High School
  • Meeting with students at Kapalama Campus of Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, HI
  • Meeting with current member of the Board of Directors FRBSF Peter Ho, Chairman, President and CEO of Bank of Hawaii; former member of the Board of Directors FRBSF Warren Luke, Chairman and CEO of Hawaii National Bank; and former FRBSF Economic Advisory Council member Larry Okinaga, Partner at Carlsmith Ball, Honolulu, HI
  • Interview with Dave Segal, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Honolulu, HI
  • Speech at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
  • Meeting with Territorial Savings Bank, Honolulu, HI *List of attendees:
    Mr. Allan S. Kitagawa, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
    Mr. Vernon Hirata, Vice Chairman, Co-Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
    Mr. Ralph Nakatsuka, Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Operating Officer
    FRBSF staff
  • Speech at CFA Hawaii Economic Forecast Dinner, Hawaiian Convention Center, media availability after speech
  • Meeting/Tour of the Kokua Kalihi Valley Health Center and Clinic, Honolulu, HI
  • Meetings/Tour of the Hawaii Medial Service Association, Honolulu, HI
  • Meetings at the Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI *List of attendees:
    Bank of Hawaii Board of Directors
    Barbara Tanabe, Owner, Ho’akea Communications, LLC-a public affairs company
    Haunani Apoliona, Trustee, former Chairperson, Office of Hawaiian Affairs-entity established by the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to improve the conditions and protect the entitlements of native Hawaiians.
    Robert W. Wo, Owner and Director, C. S. Wo & Sons, Ltd-a furniture retailer
    Donald Takaki, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HawkTree
    International, Inc-diversified holding company engaged in transportation,
    leasing, business records management and real estate.
    Michael Chun, Former President and Headmaster of Kamehameha Schools-college preparation school serving children of Hawaiian ancestry.
    Raymond Vara, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hawaii Pacific Health. 
    Clint Churchill, Trustee, The Estate of James Campbell-Trustee, The Estate of James Campbell, an organization administering the assets held in trust under the Will of James Campbell since 1992 (Chairman 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012)
     Bank of Hawaii Management attendees:
    Peter Ho, Chairman, President and CEO
    Sharon Crofts, Vice Chairman of Operations and Technology
    Wayne Hamano, Vice Chairman and Chief Commercial Officer
    Derek Norris, Vice Chairman and Residential and Consumer Lending Group Manager
    Mark Rossi, Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer
    Mary Sellers, Vice Chairman and Chief Risk Officer
    Donna Tanoue, Vice Chairman
    Jill Higa, Senior Executive Vice President, Private Banking Group Manager
    Jim Polk, Senior Executive Vice President, Residential Lending Manager
    Dean Shigemura, Senior Executive Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
    Steve Rodgers, Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer
    Jennifer Lam, Executive Vice President, Treasurer
    Carrie Jeanne Oda, Executive Vice President, Service and Operations
    David Oyadomari, Executive Vice President, Alternative Channels
    Dana Takushi, Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking Group
    Kevin Sakamoto, Executive Vice President, Branch Division
    Luke Yeh, Executive Vice President, Credit Review Manager
    Tony DeSanctis, Senior Vice President, Card Products
    Jon Murakami, Senior Vice President, Private Banking
  • Meeting with National Diversity Coalition, FRBSF
  • Meeting with J Russi, Managing Partner at Deloitte LLP, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Theodore Craver;. Chairman, President and CEO at Edison International, FRBSF
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with Congressman Denny Heck, (D-WA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Mazie Hirono, (D-HI), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Washington, D.C.
  • Attend Bay Area CFO Forum, Stanford Park Hotel, Menlo Park
  • Speech to Australia Business Economists, via videoconference
  • Interview with Don Lee, Los Angeles Times
  • Attend presentation with representatives of MUFG Union Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Interview with Ylan Mui, Washington Post
  • Roundtable Discussion with Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, FRBSF *List of attendees:
    The Honorable Jacob J. Lew, Secretary; U.S. Department of the Treasury
    Josè Cisneros, Treasurer, City of San Francisco
    Jake Fuentes, Co-founder and CEO, Level Money
    Sam Hodges, CEO, Funding Circle
    Lauren Leimbach, Executive Director, Community Financial Resources
    Kenneth Lin, CEO, Credit Karma
    Bertram Meyer, CEO, Taulia
    Charlie Scharf, CEO, Visa
    Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital
    Danny Shader, CEO, PayNearMe
    Steve Streit, Founder and CEO, Green Dot
    Raul Vazquez, CEO, Progreso Financiero
    Eric Weaver, Founder and CEO, Opportunity Fund Northern California
    Steve Wright, CEO, Earned Assets Resource Network (EARN)
    Jason Young, Co-founder and CEO, Mindblown Labs FRBSF Staff
     U.S. Department of the Treasury attendees:
    Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Chief of Staff
    Victoria Esser, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
    Betsy Bourassa, Spokesperson, Public Affairs
     Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector/City and County of San Francisco attendee:
    Leigh Phillips, Director; Office of Financial Empowerment

February 2015

  • Attend meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) Board of Directors
  • Meeting with John Judd, former FRBSF Director of Economic Research
  • Interview with Sam Fleming, Financial Times
  • Meeting with Micah Weinberg, President, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
  • Meeting with Jackie Reses, Chief Development Officer, Yahoo!
  • Meeting with Bill Evans, Managing Director and Head of Economics and Research, Westpac
  • Attend meeting of the FRBSF Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
  • Interview with Yamato Sato, NIKKEI
  • Interview with Maria Bartiromo, Fox Business Network
  • Interview with Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, including Michael Derby and Jon Hilsenrath
  • Attend US Monetary Policy Forum, New York, NY
  • Meeting with Mark Grescovich, President, Banner Corporation and Banner Bank, C.G. Kum, President/CEO, Hanmi Financial Corporation and Hanmi Bank and Steve Brown, President/CEO, Pacific Coast Bankers’ Bancshares and Pacific Coast Bankers’ Bank
  • Meeting with Leslie Teo, Chief Economist and Director of Economics and Investment Strategy, Rayn Ngong, Senior Vice President, Prakash Kannan, Deputy Head of Total Portfolio Strategy, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation

January 2015

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg News
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Opening Remarks at Community Development Event, Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco
  • Meeting with Jackie Reses, Chief Development Officer, Yahoo!
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC
  • Attend American Economic Association/Allied Science Association Conference, Boston, MA
  • Interview with Paul Soloman, PBS Newshour
  • Meeting with Greg Johnson, Chairman, President and CEO; Templeton Franklin Investments
  • Meeting with Jim Earp, Executive Director, California Alliance for Jobs
  • Meeting with Paul Mortimer-Lee, Global Head of Market Economics and Chief Economist North America and Richard Iley, Chief Asia Economist, BNP Paribas
  • Meeting with Business Executives for National Security*
  • Meeting with John Stumpf, Chairman and CEO, Wells Fargo
  • Opening remarks at the Bay Area Council Economic Institute’s 8th Annual Forecast Conference, FRBSF, British Consul General reception
  • Meeting with representatives of regulated financial institution.
  • Meeting with Jonathan Wildman, Consultant and Danielle Clark, Consultant, Hay Group
  • Interview with Ylan Mui, The Washington Post

*List of attendees:

  • Bill Banta, Chief Executive Officer; StealthHD
  • Barry S. Crosthwaite, Equity Portfolio Manager; Capital Group
  • Dixon Doll, Founder and General Partner; DCM Venture Capital
  • Justin Dooley, Chief Executive Officer; National Institute of Transplantation
  • Howard Graham, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer; Siebel Systems (Retired)
  • Art Hall, Founder and General Partner; Valarian Associates
  • John Hurley, Founder; Cavalry Asset Management
  • John Jack, Board Partner; Adreessen Horowitz
  • Rick Kimball, Founding General Partner; TCV Venture Firm
  • S. Keiko McKibben, Senior Vice President; Capital Research Global Investors
  • John Morgridge, Chairman of the Board; Cisco Systems, Inc. (Retired)
  • Donald D. O’Neal, Equity Portfolio Manager; Capital Group
  • Joseph M. Niehaus, Managing Director; Housatonic Partners
  • Joe Pasqua, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Product Marketing; MarkLogic
  • Chris Riedel, Chief Executive Officer; Hunter Laboratories, Inc.
  • Richard Rosenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Bank of America (Retired)
  • Andrew Stone, Global Head of Information Security, Architecture and Strategy; Zurich Insurance
  • Efrem Zimbalist, III, Chief Executive Officer; Active Interest Media

2014

December 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend the joint Reserve Bank of New Zealand/IJCB research conference, Wellington, New Zealand
  • Interview with Steve Beckner, Market News International
  • Interview with Kathleen Hayes and Vonnie Quinn, Bloomberg Radio
  • Meeting with Dr. Emmett Carson, Chief Executive Officer; Silicon Valley Community Foundation

November 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (1)
  • Attend and participate in the Reserve Bank of South Africa’s Conference, Fourteen Years of Inflation Targeting South Africa and the Challenge of the Changing Mandate, Pretoria, South Africa
  • Meeting with Treasurer Rosie Rios, FRBSF
  • Conference call with Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
  • Meeting with Pat Yarrington and Economists from Chevron, FRBSF
  • Attend and participate in a conference co-hosted by the Bank of Korea and the International Monetary Fund, Seoul Korea
  • Meeting with James Beer, McKesson Corporation
  • Meeting with Ann Marie Mehlum, U.S. Small Business Administration
  • Interview with Molly Young, Portland Oregonian

October 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Joint San Francisco and Los Angeles Branch Board of Director’s Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee
  • Interview with Rich Velotta, Las Vegas Review Journal
  • Attend tour of Switch, Las Vegas, NV
  • Community Leaders Luncheon Speech, media availability after speech, Las Vegas, NV
  • East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation site visit
  • Interview with Reuters Editorial Board
  • Meeting with Austrian National Bank & Treasury Representatives, FRBSF
  • Attend and participate in the Reserve Bank of South Africa’s Conference, Fourteen Years of Inflation Targeting South African and the Challenge of a Changing Mandate, Pretoria, South Africa
  • Interview with Jon Hilsenrath; Wall Street Journal
  • Meeting with Kevin Leader, Treasurer; Bechtel Corporation
  • Participate in the Institute of International Finance Annual Membership Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend The Group of Thirty International Banking Seminar, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Krishna Guha, Vice Chairman; International Strategy & Investment
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Meeting with Dave Chen, Principal and CEO of Equilibrium Capital (and former director of the Portland branch)

September 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (1)
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend conference on Housing and Monetary Policy, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Sophomores from Stanford University, FRBSF
  • Remarks at Payment Conference organized by University of California, Berkeley Law and The George Washington University, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Senator Mike Crapo, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Commissioner Mark Wetjen, FRBSF
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Attend meeting of the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Attend International Journal of Central Banking Fall Conference, FRB Philadelphia
  • Meeting with Mike Adams, Chief Financial Officer, and Kevin Leader, Treasurer; Bechtel Group, Inc.
  • Bankers luncheon meeting with: Raymond Davis, Umpqua Holding Corp. and Umpqua Bank; Matthew Wagner, PacWest Bancorp and CEO, Pacific Western Bank and Greg Becker, SVB Financial Group
  • Meeting with Tracey Heather, Vice President, and Eric McDonnell, Chief Operating Officer; United Way

August 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend FRB Kansas City’s Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC
  • Interview with Peter Barnes, Fox Business Network
  • Interview with Mike McKee, Bloomberg Television
  • Luncheon with H. Robert Heller, former Governor of the Board of Governors
  • Deliver remarks at the “Meet the Experts” event hosted by FRBSF
  • Meeting with Kabir Sehgal; JPMorgan
  • Meeting with Robert Kopnoth; U.S. Treasury
  • Interview with Pedro da Costa; Wall Street Journal

July 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Toured transit-oriented development sites in San Francisco with the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, and Lois Kazakoff, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
  • Opening remarks at Los Angeles Unite for Veterans Summit, Los Angeles, CA
  • Attend Bay Area Council Executive Committee and Board of Directors Meetings, Santa Clara, CA
  • Interview with John Hilsenrath, Wall Street Journal
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Kevin Warsh, former Federal Reserve Governor and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University Hoover Institution, FRBSF
  • Interview with George Avalos, Bay Area News Group

June 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Deliver seminar and attend meetings at the European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Policy Lecture at the DeutscheBundesbank Conference on Housing Markets, Eltville, Germany
  • Opening Remarks at BS&R’s Asia Symposium, FRBSF
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Panelist at 20th Annual Stanford Director’s College, Stanford, CA
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Attend presentation with Wells Fargo Corp. and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial statements
  • Interview with SF Chronicle Editorial Board, San Francisco, CA
  • Speech at the Utah & Montana Bankers Association Annual Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho; media availability after speech

May 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (1)
  • Joint Meeting of the FRBSF and Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City Board of Directors, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman John Campbell (R-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Bankers, Community Leaders, and Central Bank Officials, Seoul, Korea
  • Meeting with Bankers, Community Leaders, and Central Bank Officials, Tokyo, Japan
  • Panel Discussant and attend Monetary Conference, George W. Bush Institute, Dallas, TX; media availability after
  • Interview with Mike Derby, Wall Street Journal
  • Speech at the Association of Trade & Forfaiting in the Americas 17th Annual Conference, San Francisco; media availability after speech
  • Attend presentation with Mitsubishi, UFJ Financial Group and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial statements
  • Attend Hoover Institution Policy Conference, Stanford, CA; media availability after
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC

April 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Attend Joint FRBSF and FRB Minneapolis Labor Market Symposium, FRB Minneapolis
  • Interview with Ann Saphir, Reuters
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Corporation and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s semi-annual financial results.
  • FRBSF Conference of Twelfth District Directors, FRBSF
  • Attend meeting of the Economic Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Video-link Meeting with Seattle University students
  • Attend Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council Drop-in call, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council, FRBSF
  • Interview with Aki Ito, Bloomberg
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC

March 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Interview with Amy Martinez, Seattle Times
  • Speech at Albers School of Business, Seattle University, Seattle, WA; media availability after speech
  • Attend Seattle Branch Board of Directors Meeting, Seattle, WA
  • Q&A Session with 24 Advanced Placement Economics Woodinville High School students after Seattle Branch Tour, Seattle, WA
  • Interview with Binyamin Appelbaum, New York Times
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with David Wessel, Director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
  • Meeting with 12th District Congressional Staffers, Washington, DC
  • Panelist on The Brookings Institution Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, DC
  • Interview with Ylan Mui, The Washington Post
  • Attend presentation with representatives of the Charles Schwab Corporation and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s semi-annual financial results.
  • Meeting with Alice Portz, Management Development Consultant, Pivot Leadership, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Dr. Mark Baldassarie, President & CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California, FRBSF
  • Meeting with former FRBSF Board Director Dave Chen, CEO, Equilibrium Capital Group LLC, FRBSF
  • Interview with Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker

February 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Community Outreach tour of Little Tokyo Service Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Presented at Congressional Outreach Event, FRBSF Los Angeles Branch 
  • Interview with Don Lee, LA Times
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC, New York, NY
  • Speech to Money Marketers of New York University, New York, NY; media availability after speech
  • Interview with Robin Harding, Financial Times
  • Attended Community Depository Institutions Advisory Group Meeting; FRBSF

January 2014

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Speech to Lambda Alpha International and the Arizona Bankers Association, Phoenix, AZ; media availability after speech
  • Interview with Jon Hilsenrath, Wall Street Journal
  • Meeting with Doug Shorenstein, Chairman & CEO, The Shorenstein Company, and M. Benioff, Founder, Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com, FRBSF
  • Attend Economic Advisory Council meeting, FRBSF
  • Attend/participate in The Brookings Institution’s event honoring Chairman Bernanke, Washington, D.C.
  • Roundtable discussion with the Business Executives for National Security (BENS), FRBSF
  • Discussion with Dr. Pawliw-Fry re: his upcoming book, FRBSF
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Peter Barnes, Fox Business News
  • Meeting with Ms. Diane Ellis, FDIC Director of Division of Insurance & Research, FRBSF

2013

December 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting
  • Interview with Michael Hirsh, National Journal
  • Interview with Ann Saphir, Thomas Reuters
  • Interview with Michael Hirsh, National Journal
  • Attend Seattle Board of Directors Meeting/Dinner; Seattle, WA
  • Attend Salt Lake City Board of Directors Meeting/Luncheon, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Attend System Centennial Advisory Council Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend Federal Reserve Centennial Commemorative Ceremony & Luncheon, Washington, D.C.
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Rana Foroohar, Time Magazine

November 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (3)
  • Attend Asia Economic Policy Conference, media availability after conference, FRBSF
  • Attend annual meeting with Deloitte regarding Fraud Discussion and Audit Update, FRBSF 
  • Meeting with U.C. Berkeley Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society, FRBSF
  • Welcoming remarks at the San Francisco Regional Bankers’ Forum, FRBSF
  • Community Leaders Luncheon Speech, media availability after speech, Los Angeles, CA
  • Meeting with Russell Goldsmith, Chairman & CEO, City National Bank and City National Corporation, and Barry Meyer, Chairman, Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, CA
  • Meeting with Donald Knauss, Chairman of the Board & CEO, The Clorox Company, San Francisco, CA
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Union Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results

October 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting 
  • Attend Joint Board of Directors Meeting with Salt Lake City Branch, Boise, ID
  • Community Leaders Luncheon Speech, Boise, ID; media availability after the speech
  • Attend UC San Diego Economics Roundtable, San Diego, CA; media availability after the speech
  • Attend Day Of Issuance Press Conference in support of the newly redesigned $100 note, FRBSF
  • Remarks at Bay Area Council’s Economic Institute Forecast Conference, FRBSF
  • Attend National Bureau of Economic Research Conference, Boston, MA
  • Attend Economic Research Conference, FRBSF
  • Meeting with Pat Yarrington, Chair, FRBSF Board of Directors, FRBSF 
  • Attend Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council Meeting, FRBSF
  • Attend International Journal of Central Banking Management Committee Meeting, FRBSF
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.

September 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Portland Branch Board of Directors Meeting, Portland, OR
  • Community Leaders Breakfast Speech, Portland, OR; media availability after speech
  • Attend International Journal of Central Banking Conference, Warsaw, Poland
  • Speech at the National Association of Business Economics Meeting, San Francisco, CA; media availability after speech
  • Lecture at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Meeting with Michael Shepard, Federal Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Attend Conference in Honor of Robert E. Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Remarks at Community College Conference Luncheon, San Francisco, CA
  • Attend Economic Advisory Council Meeting, FRBSF
  • Attend Financial Women’s Association Luncheon, San Francisco, CA
  • Meeting with Lord Adair Turner, Institute for New Economic Thinking, FRBSF
  • Remarks at Conference on Finance and the Welfare of Nations, San Francisco, CA
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.

August 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting
  • Interview with Mariko Oe, TV Tokyo
  • Interview with Ylan Mui, The Washington Post
  • Attend Conference on Expectations in Dynamic Macroeconomic Models, FRBSF
  • Meeting with representative of regulated financial institution and FRBSF staff
  • Attend FRB Kansas City’s Economic Policy Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC
  • Interview with Michael McKee, Bloomberg
  • Attend Meeting of the Congress of the European Economic Association, Gothenberg, Sweden

July 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Presentation at The Society for Computational Economics 19th International Conference on Computing in Economics & Finance, Vancouver, BC; media availability after presentation
  • Interview with Richard Miller, Bloomberg News
  • Lunch with Molly Carter and Thom Lynch, United Way, San Francisco
  • Meeting with Greenlining Institute Summer Associates, FRBSF
  • Attend Bay Area Council’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors Meetings, FRBSF
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial  statements
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.

June 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Deliver lecture, meetings with senior management, Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm, Sweden; media availability after lecture
  • Meeting with Scott Miller, CEO, G100, San Francisco
  • Attend BS&R’s Asia Symposium, San Francisco
  • Attend National Bureau of Economic Research’s International Seminar on Macroeconomics Conference, Rome, Italy
  • Meeting of the Economic Advisory Council, San Francisco
  • Deliver speech at Sonoma County Economic Development Board Luncheon, Sonoma, CA; media availability after speech

May 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Aki Ito, Bloomberg
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Bay Area Council Economic Institute Board of Trustees Meeting, San Francisco
  • Keynote address at the Portland Business Journal 2013 CFO of the Year Awards Luncheon, Portland, OR; media availability after speech
  • Attend Economic Research Symposium on Inflation and Price Dynamics, FRBSF
  • Deliver UC Berkeley’s Economic Departments’ Commencement Speech, Berkeley, CA
  • Meeting with Jim Berrien, President, G100, San Francisco
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Union Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Lecture to the Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL
  • Attend G100 Meeting, New York, NY

April 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting
  • Meeting with Russell Goldsmith, Chairman and CEO, City National Bank, Los Angeles, CA
  • Interview with Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, and with the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board
  • Speech at Town Hall Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; media availability after speech
  • Delivered Macro Seminar at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Interview with Jon Hilsenrath, Wall Street Journal
  • FRBSF Conference of Twelfth District Directors, FRBSF
  • Attended meeting of the Economic Advisory Council, FRBSF
  • Attended Economic Research Seminar: Understanding the Slow Recovery, FRBSF
  • Attended Second Monetary Policy Conference (co-sponsored by FRB St. Louis, FRB San Francisco and Tsinghua University), Beijing, China
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with the British Broadcasting Company (BBC)

March 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Attended Economic Research Macro Conference, FRBSF
  • Attended seminar at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman Gary Miller (R-CA), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Dean Heller (R-NV), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA), Washington, D.C.
  • Day at the Fed Event with 12th District Congressional Staffers, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and her District Director Dan Bernal, San Francisco

February 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (3)
  • Meeting with Jim Henry, Marketing Managing Partner, PWC LLP
  • Meeting with Janice Eberly, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, US
  • Meeting with Gloria Castillo, President and CEO, Chicago United
  • Meeting with Kenneth McNeeley, President, AT&T California
  • Remarks to the San Francisco Consular Corps Luncheon, San Francisco
  • Meeting with Sean Randolph, President and CEO, and Jon Haverman, Chief Economist, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
  • Speech to The Forecasters Club of New York, New York; media availability after the speech
  • Interview with Mike Derby of the Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal
  • Participant at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, 2013 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York
  • Attended Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council Meeting; FRBSF

January 2013

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Remarks at FRBSF’s “Day Ahead” Conference on Financial Markets and Institutions, San Diego, CA
  • Attend AEA/ASSA Meetings, San Diego, CA
  • Meeting with The Honorable David Bradbury, Assistant Treasurer, Australia, FRBSF
  • Interview with Claudia Buck, The Sacramento Bee
  • Speech to SEMI’s 2013 Industry Strategy Symposium, Half Moon Bay, CA
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Edward James Olmos, FRBSF Los Angeles Branch; and FRBSF staff
  • Economic Advisory Council conference call

2012

December 2012

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Meeting with Mark Berres, Audit Partner and Brian Hansen, Audit Partner, Deloitte & Touche, and FRBSF staff
  • Meeting with Finnish MBA students from the Management Institute of Finland, FRBSF
  • Meeting with representatives of regulated financial institution, and FRBSF staff
  • Attend Bay Area Council Executive Committee and Board Meetings, Oakland, CA
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Conference on Stability and Efficiency in Financial Systems, Wellington, New Zealand

November 2012

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Attend Salt Lake City Branch Board of Directors’ Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Community Leaders Luncheon Speech, Salt Lake City, UT; media availability after the speech
  • Remarks and Q&A Session with UC Berkeley Omicron Delta Epsilon, FRBSF
  • Remarks at Pacific Basin Conference, FRBSF
  • Remarks, lecture and roundtable discussion for Center for Economics and Public Policy, Irvine, CA; media availability after the public lecture
  • Meeting with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee; Doug Shorenstein, Chairman, FRBSF Board of Directors; and FRBSF staff
  • Speech at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim, San Francisco, CA; media availability after the speech
  • Interview with Jon Hilsenrath, The Wall Street Journal
  • Meetings with business leaders and Central Bank officials, Mumbai and New Delhi, India

October 2012

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Attend Capital Markets for Impact at Scale Conference, FRBSF
  • Deliver the 2012 Williams Vickrey Distinguished Address at the 74th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Montreal, Canada
  • Attend presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Meeting with President Alecia A. DeCoudreaux, Mills College
  • Interview with Ann Saphir, Reuters
  • Meeting of the FRBSF Economic Advisory Council
  • Speech to the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco Economic Policy Forum, San Francisco; media availability after the speech
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Attend Symposium on Fiscal Choices, FRBSF

September 2012

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Meeting with Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Bill Haraf, Managing Director, and Steve Hoffman, Managing Director, Promontory Financial Group
  • Meeting with Laura Alber, Director, President and CEO of Williams Sonoma
  • Interview with Steve Beckner, Market News International
  • Bay Area CFO Forum Breakfast, Menlo Park
  • Speech at City Club Roundtable Event; media availability after the speech
  • Meeting of the FRBSF’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
  • IJCB Fall Conference hosted by the Central Bank of Chile, Santiago, Chile

August 2012

  • Federal Open Market Committee, Washington, D.C.
  • Attended Conference on Expectations in Dynamic Macroeconomic Models, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  • Roundtable Discussion with educators during Meet the Experts Summer Speaker Series
  • Interview with Kathleen Pender, The San Francisco Chronicle
  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting (2)
  • Attended presentation with representatives of Union Bank and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Meeting with The Honorable Steffen Kampeter, Deputy Secretary, Federal Ministry of France;
    The Honorable Otto Fricke, Member of the Bundestaf, Chief Whip of the Free Democratic Party;
    The Honorable Peter Rothen, Consul General and Deputy Consul General Bernard Abels, Federal Republic of Germany
  • Introduction and welcoming remarks at Symposium on European Debt Crisis
  • Attended Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Policy Symposium, Jackson Hole, WY
  • Interview with Steve Liesman, CNBC Television
  • Interview with Mike McKee, Bloomberg Television

July 2012

  • Speech/Panel discussion at the Western Economic Association International Conference, San Francisco
  • Speech to the Joint Convention of the Oregon, Idaho and Nevada Bankers Association, Coeur d’Alene, ID; media availability after the speech
  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meeting
  • Meeting with Joshua Collins, Chairman and CEO, Blount International Inc.; and FRBSF staff
  • Meeting with David Chen, Equilibrium Capital Group LLC; Chairman, Portland Branch Board of Directors, Portland, OR
  • Community Leaders Luncheon Speech, Portland, OR; media availability after the speech
  • Meeting with Gabriel Stein, CEO, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
  • Attended presentation with representatives of Wells Fargo and FRBSF staff regarding institution’s quarterly financial results
  • Meeting with Katie Hall, CEO and CIO, Hill Capital Partners LLC; Doug Shorenstein, Chairman, FRBSF Board of Directors; and FRBSF staff
  • Meeting with Julia Coronado, Chief Economist – North America, BNP Paribas
  • Attended “Briefing on Financial Dignity” speech by John Bryant of Operation Hope, hosted by Michael Shepherd, Chairman and CEO, Bank of the West and BancWest Corporation and FRBSF Federal Advisory Council Member, San Francisco
  • Interview with Robin Harding, The Financial Times
  • Meeting with Greenlining Summer Interns
  • Bay Area Council Executive Committee Meeting, SFO International
  • Bay Area Council Board of Directors’ Meeting, SFO International
  • Federal Open Market Committee, Washington, D.C.

June 2012

  • Meeting with Richard Blum, Chairman and CEO of Blum Capital Partners, and member of the 12th District Economic Advisory Council
  • Community Leaders Luncheon Speech, Bellevue, WA; media availability after the speech
  • Meeting of the Portland, Seattle, and Salt Lake City Branch Boards of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Seattle Branch
  • FRBSF Board of Directors’ Meetings (3)
  • Meeting with Andy Jassy, Senior Vice President, Amazon, and FRBSF staff
  • Meeting with Greg Leeds, President, Wizards of the Coast, and FRBSF staff
  • Remarks to the Joint Center for Housing at Harvard’s Policy Advisory Board, Napa, CA
  • Opening Remarks at FRBSF BS&R’s Conference on Asian Banking and Finance
  • Bay Area Council Conference Call
  • Economic Advisory Council Telecon with FRBSF staff
  • Federal Open Market Committee, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), and staff member Michael Ahern, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and staff members Andy Green and Will White, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Senator Crapo (R-ID), and staff member Gregg Richard, Washington, D.C.
  • Meeting with Jack Russi, Vice Chairman, Deloitte LLP
  • Meeting with business leaders from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group

May 2012

  • Panel participant at Milken Institute’s 2012 Global Conference, Los Angeles, California
  • Speech at the University of California Santa Barbara’s Economic Forecast Project, Santa Barbara, California; media availability after the speech
  • Speech at the California Bankers Association’s 121st Annual Convention, Dana Point, California; media availability after the speech
  • Meeting with representative of regulated financial institution
  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meetings (2)
  • Meeting with Meridee Moore, Founder, Senior Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer, Watershed Asset Management, LLC; Arthur Kern, Director, Yahoo! Inc.; Kathryn Hall, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Hall Capital Partners, LLC; Thomas Steyer, Senior Managing Member, Farallon Capital Management, LLC; Doug Shorenstein, Chairman, FRBSF Board of Directors; and FRBSF staff
  • Attend International Journal of Central Banking Spring Conference, Hong Kong
  • Attend United Way’s The Hour Speaker Series at AT&T California

April 2012

  • Speech at University of San Diego Symposium; media availability after the speech
  • Speech at the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association Breakfast; media availability after the speech
  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“FRBSF”) Board of Directors’ Meetings (2)
  • Meeting with Ross DeVol, Chief Research Officer, Milken Institute
  • Meeting with Jim Morris, Chairman and CEO, Pacific Life, and Jay Wintrob, President and CEO, SunAmerica Financial Group
  • Meeting with Carl Guardino, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
  • Interview with Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press
  • Meeting with Jill Slattery, Manager of Major Gifts, London School of Economics
  • Meeting with Dominic Ng, Chairman and CEO, East West Bank and former Director (Los Angeles), FRBSF Board of Directors, and with FRBSF staff
  • Annual Conference of the FRBSF Board of Directors, Los Angeles
  • FRBSF Economic Advisory Council Meeting, Los Angeles
  • FRBSF Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council Meeting
  • Remarks to University of California Berkeley’s Omicron Delta Epsilon Society
  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Interview with Rolf Benders, Handelsblatt
  • Meeting with Alexander Mehran, Sr., President and CEO, Sunset Development Company