Charles Evans

Charles L. Evans served as the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, from September 2007 to January 2023.

Before becoming president, Evans was the Bank’s director of research and senior vice president, supervising its research on monetary policy, banking, financial markets, and regional economic conditions.

His own research has focused on measuring the effects of monetary policy on U.S. economic activity, inflation, and financial market prices and has been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Active in the civic community, Evans is or has been a trustee at Rush University Medical Center, a director of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago board of directors, and a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Civic Consulting Alliance board.

Evans taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and the University of South Carolina. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a doctorate in economics from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh.