Monday, April 17, 2017, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EDT
Speaker: Dennis Lockhart
Dennis P. Lockhart took office March 1, 2007, as the 14th president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Until he retired in February, he served in this role, the person primarily responsible for all of the Bank's activities in the Sixth Federal Reserve District, which covers Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, activities involving monetary policy, bank supervision and regulation, and payment services. In addition, he served on the Federal Reserve's chief monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
A brief review of his resume suggests that Mr. Lockhart assumed the position he has just relinquished as perhaps the person best qualified for such a demanding and consequential position there has ever been. After earning a B.A. in political science and economics from Stanford University in 1968 and a master's in international economics and American foreign policy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in 1971, he spent 17 years with Citicorp/Citibank (now Citigroup), working both abroad (in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Greece, and Iran) and at home, the latter term including Atlanta, where he spent 8 years as Citicorp's senior corporate officer and head of corporate banking for the Southeast.
In 1988, Mr. Lockhart moved to Heller Financial, to handle their activities in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, until he moved to Zephyr Management LP, to handle their activities in Africa and Latin America. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Lockhart opted to spend some time as Professor Lockhart, serving on the faculty of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and also serving, as an adjunct professor, at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. And who knows? Perhaps now he’s left his Federal Reserve Bank position here in Atlanta, we of the academy can tempt him back into our ranks again. At least we’ve persuaded him to offer us a lecture (and not just any lecture, but a “Sheth Lecture”) today. Do come. We can promise you’ll enjoy.