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Mark O'Dell

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Mark O'Dell

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Mark O'Dell is a senior community development specialist on the community development team at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He has been with the Federal Reserve since 2015. He conducts research with a focus on understanding socioeconomic changes at the city and neighborhood level, collecting data in support of community-level economic inclusion, and presenting policy topics to policymakers and the public through quantitative data visualization.

O'Dell holds bachelor's degrees in mathematics and policy analysis from Indiana University. He received a master's degree in public policy from the University of Maryland.

Bank Publications

CDPS Blog

Seventh District Economic Development Organizations: Providing Stability in Tumultuous Times
Michael V. Berry, Garvester Kelley, Mark O'Dell | 2020 | October
Small Business Credit Survey – 2018 Results for the Seventh District
Emily Engel, Mark O'Dell | 2019 | May
Looking for Peer Cities? Updated Tool Offers New Insights
Taz George, Susan Longworth, Mark O'Dell | 2019 | March
A Summary of Seventh District Community Development Responses to the Low- and Moderate-income (LMI) Conditions Survey
Emily Engel, Mark O'Dell | 2018 | July
Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS) – 2017 Results for the Seventh District
Emily Engel, Mark O'Dell | 2018 | May
Understanding the PCIT or What do Wauwatosa and Waltham have in Common?
Susan Longworth, Taz George, Mark O'Dell | 2017 | April
Making Chicago Greener
Emily Engel, Mark O'Dell | 2016 | April
Low- and Moderate-income Survey Results
Emily Engel, Mark O'Dell | 2016 | March

Chicago Fed Insights

What Parents Say About How Childcare Problems Affect Employment and Hours Worked
Mark O'Dell, Brianna Smith | 2024 | November

Chicago Fed Letter

Residential Mobility and Neighborhood Characteristics in Chicago
Robin Newberger, Mark O'Dell, Taz George, Sharada Dharmasankar | 2024 | No. 495 | May Download
Credit Card Delinquency and Covid-19: Neighborhood Trends in the Seventh District
Sharada Dharmasankar, Taz George, Robin Newberger, Mark O'Dell | 2021 | No. 454 | April Download

ProfitWise News and Views

Conclusions from conversations about economic inclusion from the Midwest
Taz George, Susan Longworth, Mark O'Dell | 2020 | No. 1 Download
The Geography of Subprime Credit
Taz George, Robin Newberger, Mark O'Dell | 2019 | No. 6 Download
Small Business Performance in Industries in LMI Neighborhoods After the Great Recession: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Robin Newberger, Mark O'Dell | 2019 | No. 3 Download
Preliminary Findings from Focus Groups on Economic Inclusion in Smaller Cities
Susan Longworth, Taz George, Mark O'Dell | 2019 | No. 2 Download
Opportunity Zones: Understanding the Background and Potential Impact in Northeastern Illinois
Jason Keller, Erin Kenney, Mark O'Dell, Elizabeth Schuh | 2019 | No. 1 Download
A few examples of Chicago tackling youth joblessness
Emily Engel, Jason Keller, Mark O'Dell | 2018 | No. 5 Download
A few examples of Chicago tackling youth joblessness
Emily Engel, Jason Keller, Mark O'Dell | 2018 | No. 5 Download
Introducing, Understanding, and Using the ICI 300 Peer Cities Identification Tool
Taz George, Susan Longworth, Mark O'Dell | 2016 | No. 4 Download
The Changing Composition of Bank Branches in Seventh Federal Reserve District States
Robin Newberger, Taz George, Mark O'Dell | 2016 | No. 2 Download
Employment Challenges for the Formerly Incarcerated
Emily Engel, Steven Kuehl, Mark O'Dell | 2016 | No. 2 Download
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