Neel Kashkari became the 13th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on Jan. 1, 2016.
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May 2026
All times Central unless otherwise noted
May 1
- 9:30–10:00 am
Meeting with Bank staff - 10:00–10:30 am
Meeting with Bank officers and staff - 10:30–11:30 am
Meeting with Paul Williams, FRB Minneapolis Board Chair and President and Principal Consultant, Williams Community Supports and Jay Debertin, FRB Minneapolis Deputy Board Chair and President and CEO, CHS Inc.
Topic: Board business
Bank staff: Ron Feldman - 12:00–12:30 pm
Videoconference with Lisa Lawson, FRB Richmond Board Chair and President and CEO, Annie E. Casey Foundation, President Lorie Logan, FRB Dallas, and Pat Wang, FRB New York Board Chair and President and CEO, Healthfirst
Topic: FRS business
FRS staff: Becky Bareford, Nina Mantilla, Karmi Mattson - 3:30–4:30 pm
Videoconference with FRS officials and staff - 4:35–4:50 pm
Videoconference with FRS officials
May 3
- 9:40–10:00 am
Television interview with Margaret Brennan, Moderator, CBS “Face the Nation”
Topic: Economic conditions, recent essay, Federal Reserve leadership transition
Location: WCCO Encompass Studio, Minneapolis, MN
May 4
- 8:30–9:00 am
Videoconference with FRS officials - 11:00–11:30 am
Meeting with Bank officer - 1:30–2:15 pm
Meeting with Nathan McCauley, CEO and Co-Founder, Anchorage Digital Bank and Rachel Anderika, Chief Risk Officer, Anchorage Digital Bank
Topic: Cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, master account request
Bank staff: Ron Feldman, Ken Heinecke
Location: FRB Minneapolis - 4:00–4:30 pm
Videoconference with FRS officials and staff
May 5
- 4:00–4:25 pm ET
Speak at the Conference of Chairs of the Federal Reserve System event hosted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Topic: FRS business
Location: Martin Building, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC - 4:25–7:30 pm ET
Attend the Conference of Chairs of the Federal Reserve System event hosted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Topic: FRS business
Location: Martin Building, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC
May 6
- 8:45–1:50 pm ET
Attend the Conference of Chairs of the Federal Reserve System event hosted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Topic: FRS business
Location: Martin Building, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC
May 7
- 10:00–11:00 am ET
Meeting with Marquette, MI-area business leaders and congressional and gubernatorial staff representativesJeremy Hosking, Director, Northern Michigan Office, Office of the Governor, State of MichiganTopic: Gathering information about economic/financial/business conditions; outreach/sharing information
Ryan Korpela, General Manager, Cleveland Cliffs
Cynthia Kuber, President, KKIL
Patrick Lamb, Area Operations Manager, Upper Peninsula, Carmeuse
Brigitte LaPointe-Dunham, CEO, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Meredith Lebeau, Chief Technology Officer, Calumet Electronics
Tim Lynott, President, Keweenaw Land
Aubrey Moore, Regional Director, Upper Peninsula, Office of U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (MI)
Brad McPhee, President, Creative Composites
Meagen Morrison, Manager, Stakeholder Relations, Kinterra
Craig Patterson, Vice President, WODA Group
Rich Rossway Upper Peninsula District Liaison, Office of U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (MI-1)
Bank staff: Joseph Mahon
Location: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI - 11:00–11:10 am ET
Television interview with Jerry Tudor, Senior Reporter, TV6 WLUC NBC-Fox
Topic: Regional outreach trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, regional economic conditions, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Bank staff: Danielle Cabot
Location: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI - 1:00–2:00 pm ET
Speak during fireside chat at InvestUP CEO Conference, moderated by Marty Fittante, CEO, InvestUP
Topic: Monetary policy, economic conditions, digital currency, regional economy
Bank staff: Danielle Cabot, Christopher Long, Joseph Mahon
Location: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Livestreamed at MinneapolisFed.org - 2:00–2:10 pm ET
Television interview with John Truitt, Multimedia Journalist, WZMQ-19
Topic: Regional outreach trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, regional economic conditions, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Bank staff: Danielle Cabot
Location: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI - 2:45–3:45 pm ET
Tour of Engineering Technology Lab and discussion with local manufacturing leadersMartin Deloria, Vice President and Managing Director, Able Medical DevicesTopic: Gathering information about issues affecting the talent pipeline into manufacturing
Seth Norberg, Department Head and Associate Professor, Engineering, Northern Michigan University
David Nyberg, Executive Director, Business Engagement and Economic Development, Northern Michigan University
Chris Olsen, President, Northern Michigan University
Ruth Solinski, Vice President, Human Resources, EXALTA Group
Bank staff: Danielle Cabot, Joseph Mahon
Location: Jacobetti Center, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI - 4:00–4:30 pm ET
Call with FRS official
May 8
- 10:15–10:45 am
Meeting with Bank officer - 12:00–12:30 pm
Virtual interview with Emma Nelson, Economy Reporter, Star Tribune
Topic: Monetary policy, Fed Independence
Bank staff: Alyssa Augustine - 12:30–1:00 pm
Call with FRS official - 1:00–1:30 pm
Meeting with Bank officers - 1:45–2:15 pm
Meeting with Bank staff - 3:30–4:30 pm
Videoconference with FRS officials and staff
May 9
- 9:00–10:00 am
Videoconference with FRS officials
May 11
- 11:00–11:30 am
Meeting with Bank officer and staff - 11:40–12:25 pm
Meeting with the Regional Council of Mayors
Topic: Economic/financial/business conditions; outreach/sharing information
Bank staff: Ron Feldman, Jean Hinz, Ben Horowitz, Katie Meyer, Hue Nguyen, Elizabeth Starling, Alene Tchourumoff
Location: FRB Minneapolis - 12:30–12:45 pm
Videoconference with B Kyle, President, St. Paul Area Chamber and Megan Forgrave, Vice President of Programming and Member Experience, St. Paul Area Chamber
Topic: Upcoming St. Paul Area Chamber event on May 13
Bank staff: Meredith Lee - 1:30–3:30 pm
Attend Economic Club of Minnesota Board of Directors meeting
Topic: Economic club business
Location: Golden Valley, MN - 4:30–4:45 pm
Meeting with Bank officers and staff - 4:45–5:00 pm
Meeting with Bank officer
May 12
- 9:00–9:40 am
Videoconference with Kurt Zellers, CEO, Minnesota Business Partnership
Topic: Upcoming Minnesota Business Partnership Board meeting on May 14 - 11:30–12:00 pm
Employee town hall - 2:00–3:00 pm
Virtual podcast interview with Chris Farrell, Senior Economics Contributor, MPR News and Host, “Office Hours” podcast, Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute
Topic: Fed independence, current economic conditions, economic outlook
Bank staff: Christopher Long, Paul Wallace - 3:00–3:10 pm
Meeting with Bank officer and staff - 3:30–4:15 pm
Roundtable discussion with Giovanni Peri, Bryan Cameron Distinguished Professor in International Economics, University of California, Davis
Topic: Migration and labor markets
Bank staff: Marco Bassetto, Jonathan Heathcote, Benjamin Malin, Amanda Michaud, Fabrizio Perri, Thomas Tallarini, Michael Waugh, Abigail Wozniak
Location: FRB Minneapolis - 4:15–4:45 pm
Meeting with Bank officer
May 13
- 10:00–10:30 am
Meeting with Bank officers - 12:00–1:00 pm
Speak at the St. Paul Area Chamber Lunch with Leaders Economic Update, moderated by B Kyle, President, St. Paul Area Chamber
Topic: Federal Reserve, economic conditions, monetary policy, regional economy, financial stability, Fed independence, Federal Reserve leadership
Bank staff: Christopher Long, Alene Tchourumoff
Location: St. Paul, MN
Livestreamed at MinneapolisFed.org - 2:30–3:00 pm
Attend employee recognition event - 3:30–4:00 pm
Meeting with Bank officer and staff
May 14
- 9:00–9:30 am
Meeting with Bank officer - 9:30–10:10 am
Bank Management Committee meeting - 10:15–10:25 am
Speak during virtual FRS event - 12:00–1:30 pm
Meeting with the Minnesota Business Partnership Board of Directors
Topic: Gathering information about economic/financial/business conditions; outreach/sharing information
Bank staff: Amy Phenix
Location: Minneapolis, MN
May 15
- 9:00–10:00 am
Meeting with Andrew Alleyne, Dean of the College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
Topic: Outreach/sharing information
Location: Minneapolis, MN - 10:30–11:00 am
Meeting with Bank officers - 11:00–11:30 am
Meeting with Bank officers - 11:30–12:00 pm
Videoconference with FRS officials and staff - 1:00–1:30 pm
Meeting with Bank staff - 1:30–2:15 pm
Videoconference with FRS staff - 4:00–4:30 pm
Call with FRS staff
May 18
- 10:00–11:00 am
Meeting with Bank officers - 12:30–1:00 pm
Videoconference with FRS official - 1:15–2:15 pm
Meeting with Jay Debertin, FRB Minneapolis Deputy Board Chair and President and CEO, CHS, Inc.
Topic: Board business
Location: Minneapolis, MN - 2:30–3:00 pm
Videoconference with FRS staff - 3:00–3:30 pm
Videoconference with Lisa Lawson, FRB Richmond Board Chair and President and CEO, Annie E. Casey Foundation, President Lorie Logan, FRB Dallas, and Pat Wang, FRB New York Board Chair and President and CEO, Healthfirst
Topic: FRS business
FRS staff: Becky Bareford, Nina Mantilla, Karmi Mattson - 4:00–4:30 pm
Videoconference with FRS officials and staff
May 19
- 10:30–10:45 am
Bank Management Committee meeting - 10:45–11:00 am
Call with FRS official - 11:30–12:00 pm
Meeting with Bank officer - 1:30–2:00 pm
Conference call with Paul Williams, FRB Minneapolis Board Chair and Founder and Principal Consultant, Williams Community Supports
Topic: Board business
Bank staff: Tiffany Bakke, LuAnne Pederson - 2:30–3:00 pm
Roundtable discussion with Mark Gertler, Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Economics, New York University Topic: Inflation and quantitative easing
Bank staff: Cristina Arellano, Jonathan Heathcote, Illenin Kondo, Benjamin Malin, Alisdair McKay, Neil Mehrotra, Simon Mongey, Fabrizio Perri, Thomas Tallarini, Abigail Wozniak
Location: FRB Minneapolis
May 20
- 10:00–1:00 pm
Videoconference with FRS officials and staff - 1:15–1:30 pm
Meeting with Bank officer - 2:30–3:00 pm
Meeting with Bank staff - 3:00–5:00 pm
Attend virtual Northside Achievement Zone Board of Directors meeting
Topic: Board business - 5:00–5:30 pm
Meeting with Bank officers
May 21
- 9:00–10:30 am
Bank Management Committee meeting - 10:30–11:00 am
FRB Minneapolis Executive Committee conference call - 11:00–11:30 am
Meeting with Bank officers - 11:30–12:00 pm
Call with FRS official - 12:30–1:00 pm
Meeting with Bank officer - 2:15–2:30 pm
Meeting with Bank officers - 2:30–3:00 pm
Meeting with Bank officers - 3:00–3:30 pm
Call with FRS official
May 22
- PTO
March 25
- Bank Holiday
May 26
- 7:00–9:00 pm JST
Attend 2026 Bank of Japan-Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies (BOJ-IMES) pre-conference event hosted by Gov. Kazuo Ueda, Bank of JapanPres. Austan Goolsbee, FRB ChicagoTopic: 2026 Bank of Japan
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Chief Economist, IMF
Deputy Gov. Andrew Hauser, Reserve Bank of Australia
Deputy Gov. Ryozo Himino, Bank of Japan
Vice Chair Philip Jefferson, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Donald Kohn, Professor and Economist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gov. Peter Kazimir, National Bank of Slovakia
Philip R. Lane, Economist and Former Governor, Bank of Ireland
Pres. Lorie Logan, FRB Dallas
Deputy Gov. Clare Lombardelli, Bank of England
Assistant Gov. Koji Nakamura, Bank of Japan
Gov. Kazuo Ueda, Bank of Japan
Robin Winters
Location: Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
May 27
- 9:00–9:20 am JST
Attend 2026 BOJ-IMES Conference: “Monetary Policy from New Perspectives”
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan - 9:20–10:30 am JST
Chair the Mayekawa Lecture at the 2026 BOJ-IMES Conference, featuring Donald Kohn, Professor and Economist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topic: Monetary policy
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Recording available at the Bank of Japan YouTube channel - 10:30–1:00 pm JST
Attend 2026 BOJ-IMES Conference: “Monetary Policy from New Perspectives”
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan - 1:00–1:10 pm JST
Interview with Leika Kihara, Chief Correspondent, Japan Policy, Reuters
Topic: Inflation, monetary policy, economic outlook
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan - 1:10–6:20 pm JST
Attend 2026 BOJ-IMES Conference: “Monetary Policy from New Perspectives”
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
May 28
- 7:55–8:10 am JST
Television interview with Kaori Enjoji, Tokyo Bureau Chief and Correspondent, CNBC Asia
Topic: Inflation, monetary policy, economic outlook
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: Tokyo, Japan - 9:00–1:30 pm JST
Attend 2026 BOJ-IMES Conference: “Monetary Policy from New Perspectives”
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan - 2:00–3:00 pm JST
Meeting with Amb. George Glass, Ambassador of the United States of America to Japan, Pres. Austan Goolsbee, FRB Chicago, Pres. Lorie Logan, FRB Dallas, and U.S. Embassy Tokyo representativesJeanne Bailey, Minister Counselor for Agriculture Affairs, U.S. Embassy TokyoTopic: Economic/financial/business conditions; outreach/sharing information
John Breidenstine, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy Tokyo
Evan T. Felsing, Minster Counselor for Economic and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Embassy Tokyo
Captain Daniel Fillion, U.S. Navy
Daniel Greenland, Financial Attaché to Japan, U.S. Treasury
Erik Jacobs, Chief of Staff, Office of the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, U.S. Embassy Tokyo
Cameron Salony, Energy Attaché, U.S. Department of Energy Japan Office
FRS staff: Andrea Raffo, Seth Searls
Location: U.S. Embassy Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
May 29
- 8:45–9:45 am KST
Meeting with U.S. Embassy Seoul representativesMin Chang, Political Minister CounselorTopic: Economic/financial/business conditions; outreach/sharing information
Andrew Gately, Foreign Commercial Service Counselor
Shoshana Griffith, Foreign Agricultural Service Officer
Dan Kachur, Acting Economic Minister Counselor
Esther Lee, Economic Officer
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: U.S. Embassy Seoul, Seoul, South Korea - 10:00–11:00 am KST
Roundtable with representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in KoreaAndrew Chang, President, APAC, CohereTopic: Economic/financial/business conditions; outreach/sharing information
Jeffrey Jones, Chairman, Partners for the Future Foundation
Eunha Clare Kim, Government Affairs Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea
Esther Lee, Economic Officer, U.S. Embassy Seoul
Patrick Yoon, CEO, Korea Investors Service
Joshua Yu, Director, Credit, KKR
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: Seoul, South Korea - 11:30–12:30 pm KST
Meeting with Seoul Financial Forum Board Members and U.S Embassy Seoul representativesDan Kachur, Acting Economic Minister Counselor, U.S. Embassy SeoulBank staff: Andrea Raffo
Jinill Kim, Member, Monetary Policy Board, Bank of Korea
Sang-Woo Ko, Executive Director, Seoul Financial Forum
Esther Lee, Economic Officer, U.S. Embassy Seoul
Jang Young Lee, Senior Adviser, Kim & Chang; Former Senior Deputy Governor, Financial Supervisory Commission
Soohyung Lee, Member, Monetary Policy Board, Bank of Korea; Professor of Economics and Data Analytics, GSIS, Seoul National University
Yong Jae Lee, former President, Korea Center for International Finance
Sang Kee Min, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University; former Chairman, Financial Reform Council, Financial Services Commission
Sung Hyun Yoo, Managing Director, Head of MSS Korea, HSBC Korea
Location: Seoul, South Korea - 3:00–4:00 pm KST
Speak for the Korea University Distinguished Speaker Seminar, hosted by the Department of Economics, moderated by Jinill Kim, Member, Monetary Policy Board, Bank of Korea
Topic: Monetary policy, economic conditions, labor market, digital currency
Bank staff: Andrea Raffo
Location: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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