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Mary C. Daly took office as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on October 1, 2018. In this role, she serves on the Federal Open Market Committee, bringing the Fed’s Twelfth District’s perspective to monetary policy discussions in Washington.

Prior to her appointment to President, Dr. Daly served as the Bank’s Executive Vice President and Director of Research, which she joined in 1996.

Dr. Daly’s research focuses on labor market dynamics and the aggregate and distributional impacts of monetary and fiscal policy. Her published work on economic inequality, wage and unemployment dynamics, increasing output through workforce development, and disability and retirement policy is frequently cited by other prominent economists and academics, and by journalists.

Dr. Daly is a sought-after speaker and lecturer on her scholarly research on social economics and has become a strong voice for increasing diversity among the leadership ranks of the Federal Reserve System by building the pipeline of women and minorities entering the economics profession. In addition to visiting and speaking with educators and students about careers in economics, she frequently engages on social media platforms such as Quora, Medium, and Twitter as part of her personal dedication to make economics more accessible to a broader audience.

Dr. Daly’s record of public service and research extends well beyond the Federal Reserve System. She has served on the advisory boards of the Congressional Budget Office, the Social Security Administration, the Office of Rehabilitation Research and Training, the Institute of Medicine, and the Library of Congress.

Dr. Daly earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a master’s degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Ph.D. from Syracuse University. She also completed a National Institute of Aging post-doctoral fellowship at Northwestern University.

Dr. Daly, 55, is a native of Ballwin, Missouri. She is married and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

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