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Neel Kashkari became the 13th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on Jan. 1, 2016.

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April 2022

All times Central unless otherwise noted

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April 1

• PTO

April 4

• 1:00–1:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officer
• 1:30–2:00 pm
  Videoconference with FRS official and staff
• 2:00–2:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officer
• 4:00–5:00 pm
  Videoconference with FRS officials and staff

April 5

• 9:00–9:30 am
  Provide opening remarks for Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute virtual conference, “Unequal Inflation Impacts,” featuring Governor Lael Brainard, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  Topic: Inflation and monetary policy
• 1:30–2:00 pm
  Videoconference with Howard Dahl, CEO, Amity Technology and former FRB Minneapolis Director
  Topic: Outreach/sharing information
• 3:00–3:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers
• 3:30–4:00 pm
  Videoconference with Sondra Samuels, President and CEO, Northside Achievement Zone
  Topic: Upcoming Bank speaking engagement
  Bank staff: Michael Garrett, Niel Willardson
• 4:00–4:30 pm
  Meeting with David Heleniak, Strategic Advisory, Morrow Sodali and former Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley
  Topic: Outreach/sharing information
  Location: FRB Minneapolis

April 6

• 11:00–11:15 am
  Meeting with Bank staff member
• 1:00–2:00 pm
  Participate in employee event
• 3:00–4:00 pm
  Videoconference with MN Governor’s Council on Economic Expansion members
  Traci Tapani, Owner, Wyoming Machine
  Bharti Wahi, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Children and Family Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services
  Paul Williams, FRB Minneapolis Director and President and CEO, Project for Pride in Living
  Topic: Economic issues facing Minnesota
• 4:00–4:30 pm
  Videoconference with Lisa Cook, Professor of Economics and International Relations, Michigan State University
  Topic: Outreach/sharing information

April 7

• 8:30–10:00 am
  Speak for Orono High School economics and consumer finance classes
  Topic: Economic/financial/business conditions; Federal Reserve System; monetary policy; professional development
  Bank staff: Alyssa Augustine
  Location: Orono High School, Orono, MN
• 10:30–11:30 am
  FRB Minneapolis Executive Committee conference call
• 1:00–1:30 pm
  Videoconference with FRS staff
• 3:00–4:00 pm
  Bank Management Committee meeting
• 4:00–4:15 pm
  Call with Bank officer
• 4:15–4:30 pm
  Call with Mike McFadden, Senior Advisor, Lazard Middle Market and Board Member, Our Children
  Topic: Education policy issues
• 4:30–4:45 pm
  Call with Bank staff member

April 8

• 9:30–9:45 am
  Videoconference with FRS official
• 10:30–11:00 am
  Videoconference with Bank officers
• 11:30–12:15 pm
  Videoconference with Bank officer

April 11

• 11:35–12:00 pm
  Videoconference with FRS staff
• 12:30–12:45 pm
  Videoconference with FRS official
• 1:00–1:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officer
• 2:00–4:00 pm
  Videoconference with MN Governor’s Council on Economic Expansion, co-chaired by Paul Williams, FRB Minneapolis Director and President & CEO; Project for Pride in Living; and Jeff Ettinger, former Chairman of the Board & CEO, Hormel
  Topic: Economic issues facing Minnesota

April 12

• 10:00–12:00 pm
  Videoconference with FRS officials and staff
• 1:00–8:30 pm
  Offsite meetings with Bank officers
• 2:50–3:00 pm
  Call with FRS official

April 13

• 8:30–8:30 pm
  Offsite meetings with Bank officers

April 14

• 7:00–11:30 am
  Offsite meetings with Bank officers
• 12:30–1:00 pm
  Call with Bank staff member

April 15

• 9:30–9:30 am
  Meeting with Bank staff
• 10:00–10:30 am
  Videoconference with Mike Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota
  Topic: Upcoming Luther College speaking engagement
• 10:30–11:00 am
  Call with FRS official

April 18

• 1:30–2:00 pm
  Conference call with Sri Zaheer, FRB Minneapolis Board Chair and Dean, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
  Topic: Bank business
  Bank staff: Roberta Downing, LuAnne Pederson
• 2:30–3:00 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers and staff
• 3:00–3:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officer
• 4:00–4:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers and staff
• 4:30–4:45 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers

April 19

• 12:00–1:30 pm
  Meeting with Gianrico Farrugia, President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
  Topic: Outreach/sharing information
  Location: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• 3:30–4:30 pm
  Roundtable discussion with Luther College students
  Topic: Economic/financial/business conditions; monetary policy; inflation; Federal Reserve System; education policy issues; professional development
  Bank staff: Paul Wallace
  Location: Luther College, Decorah, IA
• 5:00–5:45 pm
  Meeting with Luther College lecture series honoree, David Roslien, Vice President Emeritus for College Advancement and former Professor of Biology, Luther College
  
  Michael Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota
  Fern Peterson
  Jennifer Roslien
  John Roslien
  Joy Roslien
  Bank staff: Paul Wallace
  Topic: David J. Roslien Distinguished Lecture on Science and Leadership
  Location: Luther College, Decorah, IA
• 5:45–6:45 pm
  Pre-event reception with local business leaders, faculty, staff, and students hosted by Luther College
  Bank staff: Paul Wallace
  Location: Luther College, Decorah, IA
• 7:00–8:15 pm
  Speak at David J. Roslien Distinguished Lecture on Science and Leadership, hosted by Luther College, moderated by Michael Osterholm, Director, Center for Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota
  Topic: COVID-19 and the economy; economic/financial/business conditions; the Federal Reserve System; monetary policy; inflation; education policy issues
  Bank staff: Paul Wallace
  Location: Luther College, Decorah, IA

April 20

• 9:00–10:00 am
  Meeting with Bank officers and staff
• 11:00–12:30 pm
  FRB Minneapolis Community Advisory Board (CAB) videoconference
  Topic: CAB business
• 1:00–2:00 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers and staff
• 3:00–4:00 pm
  Videoconference with MN Governor’s Council on Economic Expansion members
  
  Traci Tapani, Owner, Wyoming Machine
  Bharti Wahi, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Children and Family Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services
  Paul Williams, FRB Minneapolis Director and President and CEO, Project for Pride in Living
  Topic: Economic issues facing Minnesota
• 4:00–4:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers and staff

April 21

• 8:00–9:30 am
  Attend Minnesota Lawyer In-House Counsel Awards ceremony honoring FRB Minneapolis General Counsel Niel Willardson
  
  Jeanne Crain, FRB Minneapolis Director and President and CEO, Bremer Bank
  David Emery, FRB Minneapolis Director and former Executive Chairman, Black Hills Corporation
  Sarah Walsh, FRB Minneapolis Director and Chief Operating Officer, PayneWest Insurance
  Paul Williams, FRB Minneapolis Director and President and CEO, Project for Pride in Living
  Sri Zaheer, FRB Minneapolis Board Chair and Dean, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
  Bank staff: Ron Feldman, Anjali Gandhi, Christine Gaffney, Michael Garrett, Sharon Hill, LuAnne Pederson, Amy Phenix, Alene Tchourumoff, Rick Thornton, Niel Willardson, John Yanish
  Location: Leopold’s Mississippi Gardens, Minneapolis, MN
• 10:00–1:00 pm
  FRB Minneapolis Board of Directors meeting
  Location: FRB Minneapolis
• 2:00–2:30 pm
  Phone interview with Neil Irwin, Axios
  Topic: Inflation; Federal Reserve System
  Bank staff: Alyssa Augustine
• 2:30–2:45 pm
  Meeting with Bank staff

April 22

• 9:00–9:30 am
  Videoconference with Dave MacLennan, Board Chair and CEO, Cargill
  
  Julian Chase, Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer and Head of Business Operations Supply Chain, Cargill
  Todd Stohlmeyer, Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, Cargill
  Roger Watchorn, Corporate Senior Vice President, Agricultural Supply Chain, Cargill
  Topic: Global supply chain issues
  Bank staff: Ron Feldman, Jonathan Heathcote, Ben Malin, Mark Wright
• 10:00–10:30 am
  Videoconference with FRS staff
• 11:00–12:00 pm
  Attend Aspen Economic Strategy Group member videoconference
• 2:00–3:00 pm
  FRB Minneapolis Management Committee meeting
• 3:00–3:30 pm
  Call with Hank Paulson, Founder and Chairman, Paulson Institute
  Topic: Outreach/sharing information

April 25

• 11:00–12:00 pm
  Videoconference with Marilyn Nelson, Treasurer, Carlson Family Foundation; and Wendy Nelson, Chairwoman, Carlson Family Foundation
  Topic: Education policy issues
  Bank staff: Alene Tchourumoff
• 1:00–2:00 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers and staff
• 2:00–4:00 pm
  Videoconference with MN Governor’s Council on Economic Expansion, co-chaired by Paul Williams, FRB Minneapolis Director and President & CEO; Project for Pride in Living; and Jeff Ettinger, former Chairman of the Board & CEO, Hormel
  Topic: Economic issues facing Minnesota

April 26

• 10:30–11:00 am
  Meeting with Bank officer
• 11:30–12:00 pm
  Meeting with Bank officer
• 1:05–1:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers and staff
• 2:00–3:00 pm
  Attend employee recognition event

April 27

• 11:00–11:30 am
  Opening remarks for employee event
• 12:30–1:30 pm
  Bank Management Committee meeting
• 1:30–2:00 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers
• 2:00–4:00 pm
  Meeting with Bank officer and staff
• 4:00–4:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officer

April 28

• 11:00–11:30 am
  Meeting with Bank staff member
• 11:30–12:00 pm
  Videoconference with FRS official
• 2:00–3:00 pm
  Videoconference with MN Governor’s Council on Economic Expansion members
  
  Traci Tapani, Owner, Wyoming Machine
  Bharti Wahi, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Children and Family Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services
  Paul Williams, FRB Minneapolis Director and President and CEO, Project for Pride in Living
  Topic: Economic issues facing Minnesota

April 29

• 9:30–10:00 am
  Videoconference with FRS official
• 10:00–11:00 am
  Videoconference with Urban Institute and Camber Collective representatives
  
  Marc Allen, Engagement Manager, Camber Collective
  Jamie Gorelick, Board Chair, Urban Institute, and Partner, WilmerHale
  Michelle Korte, Associate, Camber Collective
  Ted Schneider, Partner, Camber Collective
  Ellie Valega, Special Assistant to the President and Project Administrator, Urban Institute
  Topic: Urban Institute Board business
• 11:30–12:00 pm
  Videoconference with Sri Zaheer, FRB Minneapolis Board Chair and Dean, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
  Topic: Upcoming Carlson School event
• 1:00–4:30 pm
  Meeting with Bank officers and staff

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