Dennis P. Lockhart is the immediate past President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, a position he held from March 2007 until his retirement on February 28, 2017. In addition, he served on the U.S. Federal Reserve's chief monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee, from 2007 to February 28, 2017. Mr. Lockhart served on the faculty of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service from 2003 to 2007, and as an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies from 2002 to 2007. During his academic service, Mr. Lockhart was chairman of the Small Enterprise Assistance Funds. Earlier he was managing partner at Zephyr Management LP, president of Heller International Group, chairman of the advisory committee of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and held various positions with Citigroup (formerly Citigroup/Citibank). Mr. Lockhart received a B.A. from Stanford University, a Master's in international economics and American foreign policy from Johns Hopkins University, and an honorary doctoral degree from Georgia State University. Mr. Lockhart served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1968 to 1974.
Board committees
Audit, Compensation, Nomination and Corporate Governance.
Director qualifications:
Executive leadership, finance and economic policy experience: Mr. Lockhart brings a wealth of finance and economic policy experience to the Board given his 10 years of service with the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank system, including monetary policy and economic regulation. Importantly, Mr. Lockhart also has more than 30 years of experience in the private financial sector which will greatly benefit the Board.
Civil and policy organization experience: Mr. Lockhart brings valuable perspectives and experience to the Board given his service as a director of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce from 2007 to present, the Commerce Club of Atlanta from 2007 to present, director of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta from 2010 to present, the Carter Center's Board of Councilors from 2009 to present, trustee of the Georgia Research Alliance from 2016 to present, and the advisory board of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University from 2009 to present.