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Join us on 3/12 for our FIA Luncheon as Esther George will be our featured speaker.
Esther L. George was president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and a member of the Federal Open Market Committee from 2011 to 2023. Her Fed service spans more than 40 years including considerable experience as a bank supervisor. In 2009, she served as the Federal Reserve’s acting director of Banking Supervision and Regulation in Washington D.C.
George was actively involved in the Federal Reserve’s work to ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of the nation’s payment system, including leading the effort to establish instant retail payments known as the FedNow Service. She hosted the Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole international Economic Policy Symposium.
As president and chief executive officer, she led a workforce of 2,100 Federal Reserve employees serving the seven states of the Tenth Federal Reserve District through the Bank’s headquarters in Kansas City and its branch offices in Denver, Oklahoma City and Omaha.
George currently serves as chair of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and on the boards of the Hallmark Corporation, Peterson Institute for International Economics, the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and the Kansas City 2026 World Cup.
For this luncheon, she will share her views on current economic conditions, her role on the KC 2026 World Cup Committee overseeing the area World Cup efforts, and provide an update on the Kauffman Foundation where she serves on the Board of Trustees.
Special thanks to our luncheon host and sponsor: Neff Packaging
Date / Time: March 12, 2026 from 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
Location and Sponsor: Neff Packaging | 555 Sunshine Rd | Kansas City, KS 66115
Deadline to register is Monday, March 9th at 3PM
Should you have any questions, please contact Melissa Clark at execdir@fiakck.org
