Thomas M (Tom) Hoenig

Bio

Hoenig joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 1973 as an economist and assumed the role of president on October 1, 1991. In that role, he directs Federal Reserve activities in the seven-state Tenth Federal Reserve District, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, the northern half of New Mexico and the western third of Missouri.He has served as an instructor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and lectured on the U.S. banking and regulatory system for the People's Bank of China. Hoenig serves as Chair for Benedictine College, Atchison, Kan. He is a member of the board of directors of the Midwest Research Institute and of Union Station in Kansas City. He is a member of the banking advisory boards at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Thomas M. (Tom) Hoenig, a Kansas City resident who serves as the top executive of the Federal Reserve district serving the region, joined the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Board of Trustees in 2003. Hoenig is president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He is also a member of the Federal Reserve System's Open Market Committee, the key body with authority over national monetary policy. As a trustee of the Foundation, he brings extraordinary expertise in matters of national and international economics, research, business and finance. A native of Fort Madison, Iowa, Hoenig earned a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Iowa State University.