President of Philadelphia’s Federal Reserve Bank to appear at Rider University

Patrick T. Harker, the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, will deliver a lecture, “The Economy and the Job Market: Where We're Going, Where We've Been,” during an appearance at Rider University on April 14 from 6 to 7 p.m. 

Harker took office on July 1, 2015, as the 11th president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. In this role, he participates on the Federal Open Market Committee, which formulates the nation’s monetary policy.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia serves the Third Federal Reserve District, which consists of eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. It is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System. As the nation’s central bank, the Federal Reserve System works to ensure the strength and integrity of the economy and financial system.

Previously, Harker was president of the University of Delaware, where he also was a professor of business administration and civil and environmental engineering, and dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where he had served in several roles. A White House fellow in 1991 and FBI director’s special assistant from 1991 to 1992, Harker was named a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2012. He received a doctorate in civil and urban engineering, a master's in economics, and a master's and bachelor's in civil engineering, all from the University of Pennsylvania.

The appearance is sponsored by Rider's Norm Brodsky College of Business and Gail Bierenbaum Women’s Leadership Council, a community of accomplished women who champion advancing leadership, mentoring and philanthropy. The Council is dedicated to developing the next generation of Rider women leaders. Additional support was provided by Mercadien.

“The Economy and the Job Market: Where We're Going, Where We've Been” with Patrick T. Harker, the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, will take place on April 14 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Science and Technology Center, room 102, on the Rider University campus. It is free and open to the campus community and the public, but advanced registration is requested by visiting www.rider.edu/harker.