Lorie Logan
Lorie Logan is the 14th president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
She took office on Aug. 22, 2022. She leads a workforce of nearly 1,400 people in the fast-growing Eleventh Federal Reserve District, which covers Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico, with branch offices in El Paso, Houston and San Antonio.
She represents the district as a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which sets monetary policy for the U.S.
She oversees all Bank functions, including economic research, banking supervision, financial stability efforts, community engagement, economic development activities and a variety of payment and financial initiatives.
President Logan champions an integrated approach to developing monetary policy and serving the public, drawing on learnings from cross-functional teams and regular interactions with a wide range of stakeholders in the communities she serves in the Eleventh District.
Under President Logan’s leadership, the Bank launched the Global Institute, which conducts multidisciplinary, policy-driven economic research and outreach with an emphasis on the U.S.-Mexico relationship, and the Center for Energy and the Economy to produce academic research on how developments in energy markets inform monetary policy. She also spearheaded the relaunch of the Global Perspectives speaker series of engaging conversations with business leaders and policy experts.
As part of her frequent Listening in 360 visits, President Logan travels throughout the district to hear directly from business and community leaders. The insights she gleans are integrated with the Bank’s economic data and surveys to help shape her views on monetary policy.
Prior to leading the Bank, President Logan spent more than two decades working in the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She was previously manager of the System Open Market Account for the FOMC and an executive vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In that role, she managed the Federal Reserve’s securities portfolio and led the implementation of monetary policy as directed by the FOMC.
She is one of the nation’s leading experts on the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet and played a crucial role in developing and implementing Federal Reserve actions to mitigate systemic risks to the financial system amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis.
President Logan serves on the Council on Foreign Relations, the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas CEO Advisory Council and Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business Executive Board. She is also an ex officio member of the Dallas Citizens Council board and an advisory trustee of Southwest Research Institute. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Davidson College and a master’s in public administration from Columbia University. She is a native of Versailles, Kentucky.