Donald Kohn is a 40-year veteran of the Federal Reserve System and served as vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2010. He was recently appointed by the government of the United Kingdom and the Bank of England to serve on its interim Financial Policy Committee. Kohn focuses on issues of monetary policy, financial regulation and macroeconomics.
Experience
Past Positions
- Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors (2006-2010), Advisor to the Board for Monetary Policy (2001-02), Secretary of the Federal Open Market Committee (1987-2002), Director of the Division of Monetary Affairs (1987-2001), Deputy Staff Director for Monetary and Financial Policy (1983-87) at the Federal Reserve.
Education
- B.A. (Economics), The College of Wooster
- Ph.D. (Economics), University of Michigan