Economists
Ann Battle Macheras
Group Vice President
Ann Macheras is group vice president with responsibility for microeconomics and research communications in the Research Department, which includes oversight of the department's regional economics, community development, publications, and economic education groups.
Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in 2009, Macheras was a senior economist for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP), where she managed a research group that analyzed regional economic trends and labor market information in support of VEDP's marketing efforts.
Before that, Macheras worked at Chmura Economics & Analytics as a senior economist and at SunTrust Bank as a regional economist. She has also taught economics at the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Randolph-Macon College. Macheras earned her doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992.
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Academic Publications
The American Economist, Vol. 44, Spring 2000: 43-52Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 52, April 1997: 279-294
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Bank Publications
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Regional Matters
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Other Work
"Industry and Occupation Cluster Analysis for Virginia." Joint project of Virginia Economic Development Partnership and Virginia Community College System, July 2005.
"Virginia's Economic Impact of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack." Study prepared for John W. Forbes, Virginia Secretary of Finance, November 2001.