Charles L. Evans

Charles Evans
Evans in 2022
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
In office
September 1, 2007 – January 9, 2023
Preceded byMichael H. Moskow
Succeeded byAustan Goolsbee
Personal details
Born (1958-01-15) January 15, 1958 (age 66)
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Carnegie Mellon University (MA, PhD)
Official portrait

Charles L. Evans (born January 15, 1958) is the former ninth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, serving from 2007 to 2023.[1] In that capacity, he served on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve System's monetary policy-making body.

Before becoming president in September 2007, Evans served as director of research and senior vice president, supervising the Bank's research on monetary policy, banking, financial markets, and regional economic conditions. Prior to that, Evans was a vice president and senior economist with responsibility for the macroeconomics research group.

His personal research has focused on measuring the effects of monetary policy on U.S. economic activity, inflation, and financial market prices. It has been published in the Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Handbook of Macroeconomics.

Evans has taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan and the University of South Carolina.

Evans received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a doctorate in economics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In 2024, he received an honorary Doctor of Public Service from CMU's Tepper School of Business.[2]

He is married and has two children.

  1. ^ Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. "Charles Evans - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago". Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  2. ^ University, Carnegie Mellon. "Tepper School Alumnus Among 2024 Honorary Degree Recipients - Tepper School of Business - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-08.