Senior Vice President and Director of Research
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
1 Memorial Drive
Kansas City, MO 64198

Alan D. Barkema is senior vice president of the Research Division and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. In this role, he directs the Bank's programs of economic research and analysis, which support the Bank’s efforts in its monetary policy, bank supervision, and payments missions.

Research staff regularly communicate their findings to the Bank’s senior management, and their work is published in leading professional journals and Bank publications, including the Economic Review, Main Street Economist, TEN Magazine, Payments System Briefings, and periodic releases of the Kansas City Financial Stress Index, Agricultural Credit Survey and Manufacturing Survey.  Bank economists are also frequently invited to appear on a wide variety of public programs to describe their research and interpret recent economic developments.  Research staff also develop the program for the Bank’s annual Jackson Hole Symposium, now in its 34th year.

Since joining the Bank as a research economist in 1986, Mr. Barkema has written and spoken widely on developments in the regional and agricultural economies. He served a three-year term as professor and head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Oklahoma State University and returned to the Bank's Economic Research Department in 1999.  He was appointed Senior Vice President in charge of the Bank’s then new Regional, Public and Community Affairs Division in 2005 and was promoted to his current position in 2009.

A native of Alexander, Iowa, Mr. Barkema holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Iowa State University and an M.S. degree from Cornell University.  Alan is also a graduate of the Stanford University Executive Program.