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Banking | Finance 2025: BARKIN, THOMAS I.
PRESIDENT AND CEO, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Banking | Finance 2025: BARKIN, THOMAS I.
PRESIDENT AND CEO, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Barkin has served as head of one of 12 regional Fed banks since 2018. Previously a voting member on the Fed’s powerful interest- setting Federal Open Market Committee in 2024, he rotated off in 2025.
In May, Barkin told attendees at the Investing in Rural America Conference in Roanoke that the key to population and economic growth in small towns is available affordable housing and workforce investments.
To gather insights on the economy, Barkin likes to be on the ground, talking with business, civic and community leaders
in the Fed’s Fifth District, which includes South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia and Maryland.
A Tampa, Florida, native, Barkin worked for three decades at global consultancy McKinsey & Co., where his roles included chief financial officer and chief risk officer. He also served on the board of directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta from 2009 to 2014.
A three-time Harvard grad, Barkin has sat on Emory University’s board of trustees since 2014.
