Special Guest Presentation

September 19, 2024
10:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. MDT

Making Tough Decisions: Leadership, Money and the Fed

Special Guest Speaker Kevin Warsh will share insights into the state of global markets today and the impact of policy on economic growth while also decoding what industry and business leaders can expect in 2025 and beyond.  

Kevin Warsh serves as the Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and is a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He advises several private and public companies and is a member of the UPS Board of Directors. Warsh is also a member of the Group of Thirty (G30), an international body of financiers and academics.

Warsh conducts extensive research in the field of economics and finance. He issued an independent report to the Bank of England proposing reforms in the conduct of monetary policy in the United Kingdom, leading Parliament to adopt those recommendations.

Governor Warsh served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2006 until 2011. He was the Federal Reserve's representative to the Group of Twenty (G20) and the board's emissary to the emerging and advanced economies in Asia. In addition, he was administrative governor, managing and overseeing the board's operations, personnel and financial performance.

Prior to his appointment to the Board, from 2002 until 2006, Warsh served as special assistant to the president for economic policy and executive secretary of the White House National Economic Council. Previously, he was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York, serving as vice president and executive director.

Warsh received his A.B. from Stanford University and his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.