Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: K&L Gates LLP, 1601 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006

Cost*:
$25 - WHF Associate Members
$35 - WHF Government/Public Sector Members
$40 - WHF Private Sector Members
$50 - non-members

Speaker: Thomas M. Hoenig, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Program Description: TBA

Speaker Bio: Dr. Hoenig took office on October 1, 1991, as the eighth chief executive of the Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank, at Kansas City. He is currently serving a full term that began March 1, 2006. In 2010, he serves as a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee.

Dr. Hoenig was born in September 1946 at Fort Madison, Iowa. He earned a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Iowa State University.

Dr. Hoenig joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 1973 as an economist in the banking supervision area. He was named a vice president in 1981 and senior vice president in 1986.

He has served as an instructor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and lectured on the U.S. banking and regulatory system for the People's Bank of China. Dr. Hoenig is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and serves on the boards of directors of Midwest Research Institute and Union Station.

*RSVP: The early registration deadline is 5:00 pm, Monday, February 21, 2011. Payment made after this date and onsite registrations will be charged an additional fee of $10. Onsite registrations will be accommodated on a space-available basis only. Cancellation will not be accepted after 5:00 pm, Monday, February 21, 2011.  No shows will be charged.  Call 703-683-4742 with questions..