Kristen Broady

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Dr. Kristen Broady is a senior economist who directs the Economic Mobility Project at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, [1] [2] [3] and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution [4] . Her areas of specialty are the racial wealth gap, labor and automation, the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and returns to investment in higher education [2] [4] .

Dr.
Kristen Broady
Alma materAlcorn State University; Jackson State University
Employer(s)Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Brookings Institution; Spelman College; Spelman College; University of Chicago; Dillard University; Howard University; Jiangsu Normal University
Known forEconomics: wealth inequality

Career

Dr. Broady earned her Bachelor's degree at Alcorn State University followed by a Master of Business Administration and Doctorate in Business Administration majoring in Economics at Jackson State University [4] . Subsequently she served on the faculties of Spelman College, the University of Chicago, Howard University and as a visiting faculty member of Jiangsu Normal University in Xuzhou, China [2] . She was the Dean of the College of Business and Barron Hilton Endowed Professor of Financial Economics at Dillard University [5] prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

She provided expert testimony on Fintech cash flow products to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services in 2021 [6] . She was featured in an episode of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Timely Topics podcast, focusing on women in economics [7] , and discussed workforce training for the post-COVID economy in an episode of The Conference Board's Sustaining Capitalism podcast series [8] . She was an HBCU consultant for season two of The Quad on Black Entertainment Television (BET).

References

  1. Bediako, Abena (16 July 2025). "Unemployment for Black Women is on the Rise. Here's What Economists Have to Say". WTTW News. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kristen Broady - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago". www.chicagofed.org. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  3. "Jackson State University alumna named director of the Economic Mobility Project launched by Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - JSU Newsroom". Jackson State Univerity. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kristen Broady". Brookings. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  5. Traore, Fanta. "19 Black economists to celebrate and know, this Juneteenth and beyond". Fortune. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  6. "Hybrid Hearing Entitled: Buy Now, Pay More Later? Investigating Risks and Benefits of BNPL and Other Emerging Fintech Cash Flow Products | U.S. House Committee on Financial Services". financialservices.house.gov. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  7. "Women in Economics: Kristen Broady". www.stlouisfed.org. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  8. "Kristen Broady on workforce training for the post-COVID economy". The Conference Board. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2025-10-23.