Michelle Barnes

Experience

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  The Johns Hopkins University

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1998

  PhD Student, Economics

  Research assistant (providing econometric support for the study of socio-economic factors on epidemiological outcomes) and graduate teaching assistant (undergraduate microeconomics and econometrics).

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  ROADWAY EXPRESS

  Mar 1992 - Aug 1992

  Outboand Dock Supervisor and Pick-up and Delivery Dispatcher

  Managed teamsters, both outbound dock workers ans well as dispatching local pick-up and delivery drivers at a consolidation and distribution center.

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  J.P. Morgan

  Jun 1993 - Aug 1993

  Summer Associate

  Economic and financial empirical research support covering emerging markets and currencies.

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  The World Bank

  Mar 1996 - Dec 1997

  Ressearch Consultant

  Worked with Professors Ross Levine, Bruce Smith, and John Boyd providing econometric support on various studies of the relationship between inflation, financial market development and growth between March 1996 and January 1997. Work with Dr. Stijn Claessens providing econometric support for a study on corporate governance in Thailand from August 1997-December 1997.

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  University of Adelaide

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

  Lecturer In Finance, Macroeconomics and International Finance and Money

  Independent academic research, research supervision and course design and teaching of: International Finance III, Economics of Finance II, Macro III, Economics of Finance III, Honours International Finance, and Economics for MBAs. Honour’s Coordinator for the Bachelor of Finance. Played a leading role in establishing a finance component of the economics program. In 2000, won the prestigious "Supervisor of the Year" award for research supervision of post graduate students.

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  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

  Jan 2002 - Apr 2019

  Senior Economist and Policy Advisor

  Independent academic and applied empirical policy research on financial markets, macroeconomics, and life insurance institutions; research supervision, policy analysis and thought leadership with a focus on financial markets, valuations, and macroeconomic forecasting of the U.S. economy using real-time data, large-scale financial data sets and applied econometric and other statistical methods. System Policy Conference Organizer/Occasional Presenter. Two-time recipient of the Bank's highly-regarded "President's Award." Show less

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  LINCOLN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST

  Jul 2019 - Jul 2024

  Chair of Board of Trustees
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  RURAL LAND FOUNDATION OF LINCOLN

  Jul 2019 - Jul 2024

  Chair of Board of Trustees
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  Fannie Mae

  Jul 2024 - now

  Advisor

  Model risk management and governance within the Single-Family Analytics division at Fannie Mae. Create and facilitate technical communications between model owners, the risk management team, and the model implementation team for various in-house technical business- and mission-supporting empirical models. Conduct ad-hoc independent research and support for challenger model development, risk management, governance, and regulatory compliance.