Dr. John C. Williams, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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John C. Williams took office as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on March 1, 2011. In this role, he serves on the Federal Open Market Committee, bringing the Fed\\u2019s Twelfth District\\u2019s perspective to monetary policy discussions in Washington.
Dr. Williams was previously the executive vice president and director of research for the San Francisco bank, which he joined in 2002. He began his career in 1994 as an economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, following the completion of his PhD in economics at Stanford University. Prior to that, he earned a master\\u2019s of science from the London School of Economics, and an A.B. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Williams\\u2019 research focuses on topics including: monetary policy under uncertainty; innovation; and business cycles. Additionally, he served as senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and as a lecturer at Stanford University\\u2019s Graduate School of Business.
Dr. Williams, 55, is a native of Sacramento, California. He is married with two sons and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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