Herb Taylor, PhD

• Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Herb Taylor is an economist, vice president, and corporate secretary with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. In his current role, he handles administrative affairs for the Bank’s board of directors and its president. He also speaks on the economy and the role of the Federal Reserve System to groups throughout the Bank’s Third District, which encompasses eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.

Taylor started as an economist at the Philadelphia Fed in 1981. He was later named head of the Research Department’s macroeconomics section, which is responsible for briefing the Bank president on monetary policy issues. In 1991, he became the Bank’s public affairs officer with responsibility for its external outreach, media relations, and public education programs.

Taylor is a member of the National Association for Business Economics. He currently serves on the boards of Economics Pennsylvania, which supports economic and financial literacy in primary and secondary schools, and the Global Interdependence Center, which fosters international dialogue on matters of economics and finance. He received a B.A. in economics from La Salle University and a Ph.D. in economics from Temple
University.