Christopher Waller

Member, Federal Reserve Board

July 3, 2019 The Fed 0

INFO, BACKGROUND ON CHRISTOPHER WALLER

Birth date	1959
POSITION	Member, Federal Reserve Board (Confirmed, December 2020)
EDUCATION	Ph.D, Washington State University
EXPERIENCE	Government: 2009-present: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (executive vice president, director of research) Other: 2003-09: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Ind.), Gilbert F. Schaefer Professor of Economics; chair, economics department Previously: Economist, Indiana University

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