Katharine Wolchik

Katharine Wolchik joined AIG in 2009 and now heads the country risk group after heading the global economics.

Prior to joining AIG, she worked as an economist in the corporate development department of Air Products and Chemicals, where she was responsible for country risk analysis and long-term contract accounting. From 2006 to 2007, Katharine worked as a staff economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), where she worked with economists from institutions such as Columbia University and Harvard University in areas such as health economics, labor economics and microeconometrics. In addition, she has presented her research at several academic and professional conferences, including the Southern Economics Conference and has a forthcoming paper in the Eastern Economic Journal.

She was an adjunct professor of economics and finance at City University of New York and St. Francis College and has taught economics and finance at Lafayette College and Lehigh University. She is pursuing her doctoral studies in economics at Lehigh University and holds a M.S. in economics from Lehigh University and a B.S. in mathematics and B.A. in economics from Lafayette College. She frequently speaks at AIG corporate events involving senior management, and clients.