THE HUB STAGE: Q&A with Roger Ferguson

President and CEO TIAA (2008-2021) Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, US Federal Reserve System (1999-2006)

Roger Ferguson is an economist, corporate executive, and highly regarded expert on financial issues. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA (2008–2021), a Fortune 100 financial services organization. Ferguson is the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. He represented the Federal Reserve on several international policy groups and served on key Federal Reserve System committees, including Payment System Oversight, Reserve Bank Operations, and Supervision and Regulation. As the only Governor in Washington, D.C., on 9/11, he led the Fed’s initial response to the terrorist attacks, taking actions that kept the U.S. financial system functioning while reassuring the global financial community that the U.S. economy would not be paralyzed. Prior to joining TIAA in April 2008, he was head of financial services for Swiss Re, Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation, and a member of the company’s executive committee.