Mary C. Daly is the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. As a participant on the Federal Open Market Committee, she helps set American monetary policy that promotes a healthy and stable economy. Daly is the first openly gay woman to lead a regional Federal Reserve bank.
Since taking office in October 2018, Daly has committed to making the San Francisco Fed a more community-engaged bank that is transparent and responsive to the people it serves. She works to connect economic principles to real-world concerns and is a sought-after speaker on monetary policy, labor economics, and increasing diversity within the economics field.
Daly began her career with the San Francisco Fed in 1996 as an economist specializing in labor market dynamics and economic inequality. She went on to become the Bank’s executive vice president and director of research. She has also served on the advisory boards of the Congressional Budget Office, the Social Security Administration, the Office of Rehabilitation Research and Training, the Institute of Medicine, the Library of Congress, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and the Center for First-Generation Student Success.
Daly earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a master’s degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a PhD from Syracuse University. She also completed a National Institute of Aging postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University.