Esther George
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Esther L. George (born January 15, 1958 in Faucett, Missouri) is the former president and chief executive of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri and covers the 10th District of the Federal Reserve, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of western Missouri and northern New Mex ...
from 2011 until 2023. George is a native of Faucett, Missouri, U.S., and received a BSBA degree in Business Administration from
Missouri Western State University Missouri Western State University is a public university in Saint Joseph, Missouri. As of 2019, it enrolled 5,413 students. History Missouri Western State University was founded in 1915 as a two-year institution called St. Joseph Junior College ...
and an MBA degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is a graduate of the
American Bankers Association The American Bankers Association (ABA) is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association for the U.S. banking industry, founded in 1875. They lobby for banks of all sizes and charters, including community banks, regional and money center banks, sav ...
's Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 1982 and held various leadership positions with the Bank, including in the Bank's research support functions, Public Affairs and Human Resources. In 2001 she became the bank's senior vice president in the Bank's Division of Supervision and Risk Management. In 2009 she was named executive vice president in charge of the unit. She is a former chair of the Federal Reserve System's Community Banking Organizations Management Group. She was appointed to the Kansas City Fed President position on October 1, 2011. She retired on January 31, 2023 after reaching the mandatory retirement age for Federal Reserve Bank Presidents.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:George, Esther L. 1958 births Living people Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City presidents Missouri Western State University alumni People from Buchanan County, Missouri Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni University of Missouri–Kansas City alumni