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Meet President Beth M. Hammack

Beth M. Hammack is the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. In this role, she participates in the formulation of US monetary policy and oversees 1,100 employees in the Bank’s Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh offices who conduct economic research, supervise banking institutions, and provide payments services to commercial banks and the US government.

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Featured Around the District

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President Hammack plans to visit all corners of the Fourth District in her ongoing Around the District tour so she can meet with and learn from business, civic, and community leaders in the regions served by the Cleveland Fed.

View the Around the District tab for more about all of President Hammack’s travels and see her latest, featured stop.

Around the District

President Hammack plans to visit all corners of the Fourth District in her ongoing Around the District tour so she can meet with and learn from business, civic, and community leaders in the regions served by the Cleveland Fed. Having a deep understanding of the District will be crucial to President Hammack’s ability to represent the region at the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed’s monetary policy body, in Washington DC.

Learn more about President Hammack’s travels below.

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Akron

During a recent roundtable discussion, Akron leaders told Cleveland Fed president and chief executive officer Beth Hammack that an unpredictable economic environment is presenting challenges for planning and decision making.

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Cleveland – Hough

Unfilled manufacturing jobs are a threat to the long-term vitality of the manufacturing industry in Northeast Ohio, officials from MAGNET: The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network told Cleveland Fed president and chief executive officer Beth Hammack during a recent visit.

Hammack tours the CRC's food-storage warehouse (December 4, 2024)
Cleveland – Collinwood

Cleveland Fed president Beth Hammack visited the Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s Community Resource Center and learned about how the organization is offering both food assistance and connections to additional services that address the root causes of food insecurity.

President Hammack and moderator Brian Hall, founder of the Presidents’ Council (December 3, 2024)
Beachwood

Cleveland Fed president Beth Hammack learned about workforce and other challenges in the region from Northeast Ohio business leaders.

President Hammack (right) asks a question of Jonika Greene (left), Brighton workforce development assistant director, and Tammy Liles (center), medical assisting skills instructor, at Brighton’s Center for Employment Training.
Cincinnati

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president and chief executive officer Beth M. Hammack heard about the challenges that Cincinnati-area employers face in recruiting and retaining workers.

Dayton roundtable participants. From left to right: Robert Brinkley, Cleveland Fed; David Evans, president and CEO, TESSEC and former Cincinnati Branch director; Deborah Feldman, president and CEO of Dayton Children’s Hospital; Julie Sullivan, executive vice president of regional development, Dayton Development Coalition; President Hammack; Gina McFarlane-El, CEO, Five Rivers Health Centers and member of the Cleveland Fed’s Cincinnati Branch board of directors; Julianne Dunn, Cleveland Fed; Jacqueline Gamblin, CEO, JYG Innovations and a Cleveland Fed director. Not pictured: Kim Frazier, director of growth initiatives, Entrepreneurs’ Center and member of Cleveland Fed’s Community Advisory Council; Jenell Ross, president, Bob Ross Auto Group, Centerville, Ohio, former chair of the Cleveland Fed’s Cincinnati Branch board of directors.
Dayton

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president and chief executive officer Beth M. Hammack talked with Dayton business and community leaders about the metro area’s economic opportunities.

President Hammack gets to know Jace, a draft horse at the Kentucky Horse Park, with Lee Carter, horse park executive director.
Lexington

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president and chief executive officer Beth M. Hammack toured the heart of the Bluegrass State.

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Wooster

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president and chief executive officer Beth M. Hammack met with community, small business, and education leaders in Wooster, Ohio.

Pittsburgh

President Beth Hammack visited Pittsburgh to meet with community leaders and tour an economic development project.

2025

Columbia University/Bank Policy Institute: 2025 Bank Regulation Research Conference

Date: February 27, 2025
Time: 1:15 pm EST
Location: Columbia University, International Affairs Building, 15th floor, 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027
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University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics Economic Outlook Conference

Date: February 11, 2025
Time: 8:50 am EST
Location: Central Bank Center, 430 West Vine Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
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2024

City Club of Cleveland Friday Forum

Date: December 6, 2024
Time: 12:00 noon EST
Location: The City Club of Cleveland, 1317 Euclid Avenue, Suite 100 Cleveland, OH 44115
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2024 Financial Stability Conference

Date: November 21, 2024
Time: 8:45 am EST
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1455 E. 6th St., Cleveland, OH 44115 and virtual
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Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics Conference 2024

Date: October 24, 2024
Time: 8:45 am EDT
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1455 E. 6th St., Cleveland, OH 44115
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Minorities in Banking Forum

Date: October 2, 2024
Time: 9:00 am EDT
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1455 E. 6th St., Cleveland, OH 44115
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