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Sixth Annual Exploring Career Pathways

Thursday, 10/30/25
9:30 AM
Networking Breakfast & Poster Session
10:15 AM
Welcome Remarks
Speaker
Austan Goolsbee, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
10:20 AM
Economics in Action: Research, Policy, and Beyond
Speaker
Pietro Veronesi, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
10:40 AM
Why Economics? Personal Journeys and Professional Impact
Moderator
Elizabeth Kepner, Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Panelists
Kristen Broady, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor and Director of the Economic Mobility Project, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chris Campos, Assistant Professor of Economics and John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow, The University of Chicago
Foteini Tzachrista, Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:25 AM
Break I
11:35 AM
Interactive Learning Lunch
Track 1: Data exploration using FRED
Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Senior Economic Education Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Track 2: J-PAL
Louise Geraghty, Government Partnerships Lead, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
12:10 PM
Break II
12:15 PM
Interactive Learning Lunch continued
Track 1: Data exploration using FRED
Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Senior Economic Education Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Track 2: J-PAL
Louise Geraghty, Government Partnerships Lead, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
12:50 PM
Break III
1:00 PM
Keynote Presentation
Speaker
Daryl Fairweather, Chief Economist, Redfin
1:35 PM
Mentorship in Action: Student Voices and Support Networks
Moderator
Quentin Johnson, Director of Diversity and Inclusion Programs, University of Chicago
Panelists
Jordan Brown, Research Assistant, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Dawn Chinagorom-Abiakalam, Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Yilin Li, Research Assistant, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Phuong-Tran Nguyễn
2:00 PM
Careers at the Fed
Moderator
Jocey Jackson, Lead Economics Outreach Specialist, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Panelists
Karen Cuenca, Senior Community Development Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Vanessa Haleco-Meyer, Supervision Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Tori Healey, Capital Markets Trading Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Devin Patterson, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
3:00 PM
Snack & Chat
3:30 PM
Event Conclusion

Sixth Annual Exploring Career Pathways

Join the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and St. Louis in collaboration with the University of Chicago for the Sixth Annual Exploring Career Pathways in Economics and Related Fields Conference. At this one-day, in-person event, attendees will hear from trailblazers in economics and related fields about their career journeys and offer tips and insights on how students can launch their own impactful careers.

Attendees will be able to:

  • Connect with industry leaders and top organizations
  • Dive into undergraduate research poster sessions
  • Discover how data drives real-world change
  • Get inspired to kickstart a career in economics

This full-day program features a keynote address by Daryl Fairweather, Chief Economist at Redfin and recent author of Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work. The program also includes an interactive lunch session led by J-PAL and FRED, providing valuable insights and discussions to connect economic data to research.

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