Julia L. Coronado, Ph.D.
Lead Independent Director
Julia L. Coronado joined the Board in October 2020 and currently serves as the Lead Independent Director.
Since 2017, Julia has served as the President and Founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives, LLC (MPP) a research advisory firm with deep expertise in macroeconomics, regulatory policy, and financial and global markets that helps inform client decisions in financial services and other industries.
Julia’s unbiased analysis and insights are particularly critical in today’s uncertain, changing world. She is a regular commentator in financial media, (including CNBC, Bloomberg, Marketplace, and the Wall Street Journal). MMP delivers perspectives on the economy through its forecasting of global economic activity, inflation, and fiscal and monetary policy (with a focus on the G8 countries and China). Julia has represented the U.S. at the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development and testified before Congress on Social Security reform and digital currency developments. Julia is an independent director on the board of directors of Robert Half, an international staffing and consulting firm, where she serves on the nominating & governance committee. Her commitment to performance and collaboration is evident through roles including Clinical Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Texas at Austin, Vice President of the National Association of Business Economists, member of the Economic Studies Council at the Brookings Institution and member of the Advisory Boards of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School, and the Cleveland Federal Reserve Center for Inflation Research. Former roles in service include serving as a member of the New York Federal Reserve Treasury Market Practices Group, the Economic Advisory Panel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Board of the National Association of Business Economists and President of the New York Association of Business Economists. Julia served as a staff economist for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. and contributed to the Federal Open Market Committee forecasts.
She received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois and her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Julia brings to our Board extensive experience and expertise in international and domestic market economics, fiscal and monetary policy, and global economic forecasting. We believe her experience in these areas, as well as her service on other public company and advisory boards, enables her to offer significant insights into the Company’s business strategy and make her a valuable member of our Board.