Multi-Chamber Economic Forecast Expo & Luncheon

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Speaker: Austan D. Goolsbee, President Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Time: Vendor Check-in: 9:00am
Expo Schedule: 10:00am to 11:45am
Lunch & Presentation: 11:45am to 1:00pm

 

Austan Dean Goolsbee is an American economist and writer. He is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Goolsbee formerly served as the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He was the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2010 to 2011 and a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet. He served as a member of the Chicago Board of Education from 2018 to 2019.

Goolsbee was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers before becoming chair. He was also the Chief economist and chief-of-staff to Paul Volcker at the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board—the board was formed in the wake of the 2007–2008 financial crisis.

Goolsbee also is a member of the Skull and Bones secret society.