Kausar Hamdani is vice president and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Community Affairs Officer. It is the special responsibility of the Community Affairs Office to gather grassroots intelligence and analyze emerging issues affecting low- to moderate-income communities in the Second Federal Reserve District. Additionally, Community Affairs convenes workshops and conferences that provide information and technical assistance related to community and economic development.

Ms. Hamdani joined the Bank in 1982 as an economist in the Monetary Research Department and has served in several areas, including the Bank Supervision Group. She also led the Buffalo Branch of the New York Fed and has served on several community, business and academic advisory boards in Upstate New York. Prior to that, she taught economics at Columbia University and New York University.

Ms. Hamdani holds a doctorate and two master’s degrees from Columbia University. Her bachelor’s degree is from Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio.

February 2009