The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City hosted its first economic policy symposium in 1978 in Kansas City, Mo. After three years with an agricultural focus, the first monetary policy symposium was held in 1982 in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The location is the northwest corner of the Tenth Federal Reserve District, which includes western Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico.
Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium Hosts
Thomas M. Hoenig President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Esther L. George First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Gordon H. Sellon, Jr. Senior Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Craig S. Hakkio Senior Vice President and Special Advisor on Economic Policy Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Diane M. Raley Senior Vice President, Public Information Officer and Secretary Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Attendee
Muhammad Al-Jasser Governor Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
Sinan Alshabibi Governor Central Bank of Iraq
David E. Altig Senior Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Attendee
Edmund L. Andrews Economics Correspondent The New York Times
Shuhei Aoki General Manager for the Americas Bank of Japan
Alan J. Auerbach Professor University of California, Berkeley
Jeannine Aversa Economics Writer The Associated Press
Martin Barnes Managing Editor, The Bank Credit Analyst BCA Research
Steve Beckner Senior Correspondent Market News International
Ben S. Bernanke Chairman Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Richard Berner Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Economics and Chief U.S. Economist Morgan Stanley
Nils Bernstein Governor Danmarks Nationalbank
Alan S. Blinder Professor Princeton University
Attendee
Alan Bollard Governor Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Henk Brouwer Executive Director De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.
Alan Budd Senior Adviser Brevan Howard Asset Management
James B. Bullard President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Ricardo J. Caballero Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mark J. Carney Governor Bank of Canada
Jaime Caruana General Manager Bank for International Settlements
Stephen G. Cecchetti Economic Adviser and Head of the Monetary and Economic Department Bank for International Settlements
Todd E. Clark Vice President and Economist Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Attendee
Luc Coene Deputy Governor National Bank of Belgium
Lu Córdova Chief Executive Officer Corlund Industries
Andrew Crockett President JPMorgan Chase International
Dave Cummings Chairman of the Board Tradebot Systems, Inc.
Charles H. Dallara Managing Director Institute of International Finance
Troy A. Davig Assistant Vice President and Economist Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Paul DeBruce Chief Executive Officer DeBruce Grain, Inc.
José De Gregorio Governor Central Bank of Chile
Servaas Deroose Director European Commission
Mario Draghi Governor Bank of Italy
Attendee
William Dudley President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Robert H. Dugger Managing Partner Hanover Investment Group LLC
Elizabeth A. Duke Governor Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Charles Evans President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Martin Feldstein Professor, Harvard University President Emeritus, NBER
Mark Felsenthal Correspondent Reuters
Miguel Fernández Ordóñez Governor Bank of Spain
Camden Fine President and Chief Executive Officer Independent Community Bankers of America
Stanley Fischer Governor Bank of Israel
Arminio Fraga Founding Partner Gávea Investimentos
Attendee
Jacob Frenkel Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Group of 30
Ardian Fullani Governor Bank of Albania
William G. Gale Vice President and Director, Economic Studies The Brookings Institution
Thomas D. Gallagher Head of Policy Research International Strategy & Investment Group, Inc.
Mark Gertler Professor New York University
Svein Gjedrem Governor Norges Bank
Morris Goldstein Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics
Charles Goodhart Professor London School of Economics
Austan Goolsbee Chief Economist, President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board Member, Council of Economic Advisers
Krishna Guha Chief U.S. Economics Correspondent Financial Times
Attendee
Angel Gurría Secretary-General Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Keith Hall Assistant Governor, Banking and Payments Reserve Bank of Australia
Mojmir Hampl Vice Governor Czech National Bank
Gerd Häusler Senior Advisor and Member of the Board of Directors RHJ International
Philipp Hildebrand Vice Chairman Swiss National Bank
Jon Hilsenrath Chief Economics Correspondent The Wall Street Journal
R. Glenn Hubbard Dean Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
John Hurley Governor Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland
Stefan Ingves Governor Sveriges Riksbank
Neil Irwin National Economy Correspondent The Washington Post
Attendee
Radovan Jelasic Governor National Bank of Serbia
Jae Chun Kim Deputy Governor The Bank of Korea
Donald L. Kohn Vice Chairman Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
George Kopits Chairman Fiscal Council, Republic of Hungary
Jeffrey Lacker President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Jean-Pierre Landau Deputy Governor Bank of France
Scott Lanman Reporter Bloomberg News
Jens Larsen Head, Monetary Instruments and Markets Division Bank of England
Mickey D. Levy Chief Economist Bank of America
Steven Liesman Senior Economics Reporter CNBC
Attendee
Erkki Liikanen Governor Bank of Finland
Justin Yifu Lin Senior Vice President and Chief Economist The World Bank
Lawrence Lindsey President and Chief Executive Officer The Lindsey Group
John Lipsky First Deputy Managing Director International Monetary Fund
Dennis P. Lockhart President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Maya MacGuineas President Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Brian F. Madigan Director, Division of Monetary Affairs Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
John H. Makin Principal Caxton Associates, Inc.
Philippa Malmgren President Principalis AM
Tito T. Mboweni Governor South African Reserve Bank
Attendee
Henrique De Campos Meirelles Governor Central Bank of Brazil
Allan Meltzer Professor, Carnegie Mellon University Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Yves Mersch Governor Central Bank of Luxembourg
Loretta Mester Senior Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Laurence H. Meyer Vice Chairman Macroeconomic Advisers
Zanny Minton-Beddoes Economics Editor The Economist
Frederic S. Mishkin Professor Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Michael H. Moskow Vice Chairman and Senior Fellow on the Global Economy The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Ewald Nowotny Governor Austrian National Bank
Paul F. O'Brien Head, Fixed Income Strategy Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Attendee
Athanasios Orphanides Governor Central Bank of Cyprus
Guillermo Ortíz Governor Bank of Mexico
Sandra Pianalto President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Charles I. Plosser President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
James Poterba President, National Bureau of Economic Research Professor, MIT
Maya J. Randall Journalist Dow Jones Newswires
Robert H. Rasche Executive Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Martín Redrado Governor Central Bank of Argentina
Jean-Charles Rochet Professor University of Toulouse
Kenneth S. Rogoff Professor Harvard University
Attendee
Christina Romer Chair Council of Economic Advisers
David Romer Professor University of California, Berkeley
Harvey Rosenblum Executive Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Eric Rosengren President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Jean-Pierre Roth Chairman Swiss National Bank
Brian Sack Executive Vice President and Open Market Desk Officer Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Roberto Salinas-León President Mexico Business Forum
Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel Professor Catholic University of Chile
Mark Schweitzer Senior Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Nathan Sheets Director, International Finance Division Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Attendee
Masaaki Shirakawa Governor Bank of Japan
András Simor Governor National Bank of Hungary
Allen Sinai Chief Global Economist Decision Economics, Inc.
Slawomir Skrzypek President National Bank of Poland
Michelle A. Smith Assistant to the Board and Division Director Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Jürgen Stark Member of the Executive Board European Central Bank
David J. Stockton Director, Division of Research and Statistics Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Daniel Sullivan Senior Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Daniel K. Tarullo Governor Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
John B. Taylor Professor, Stanford University Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Attendee
Umayya S. Toukan Governor Central Bank of Jordan
Joseph Tracy Executive Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Jean-Claude Trichet President European Central Bank
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell Member of the Executive Board European Central Bank
José Darío Uribe Governor Central Bank of Colombia
Chris P. Varvares President National Association for Business Economics
Julio Velarde Governor Central Reserve Bank of Peru
Carl E. Walsh Professor University of California, Santa Cruz
Kevin M. Warsh Governor Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Axel A. Weber President Deutsche Bundesbank
Attendee
John A. Weinberg Senior Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Meredith Whitney Chief Executive Officer Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LLC
John C. Williams Executive Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Yutaka Yamaguchi Senior Economic Adviser Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Janet L. Yellen President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Durmuş Yilmaz Governor Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Robert B. Zoellick President The World Bank