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Richmond Association for Business Economics
A Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics

 
     


Board of Directors

     Our Association is led by an elected Board of Directors consisting of six officers, the immediate past President of RABE (ex officio, non-voting), and four additional directors chosen from among our members.

     Officers serve one-year terms and carry out the administrative duties of the organization. (Click here to see a description of the Officer duties.)  The four other directors are elected for alternating, two-year terms and assist the officers with planning activities and establishing policies for RABE.

     The current Board members are listed below:

President

Rick Chess
president
American Realty Capital Markets

1st Vice-President
(event planning)

David Jolley
president
First Market Bank - Williamsburg

2nd Vice-President
(event logistics)

Amitabh Bhargava, CFA, FRM
senior economist
Capital One

3rd Vice-President (membership)

William "Bill" Slaughter

Secretary
(and Past President,
'04-'05)

Jackie Hudson
project manager
Va. Economic Development Partnershipn

Treasurer

Xiaobing Shuai, Ph.D.
senior economist
Chmura Economics and Analytics

Board Member
2007 & 2008

George Hoffer, Ph.D.
professor of economics
Va. Commonwealth University

Board Member
2008 & 2009

Ann Battle Macheras, Ph.D.
senior economist
Virginia Economic
Development Partnership

Board Member
2008 & 2009

H.P. "Paul" Singh-Sandu, Ph.D.
associate professor of economics
Virginia Union University

Board Member
2007 & 2008

Aileen Watson
economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Immediate
Past President

(Non-voting)

Adam Haller, CFA
Senior Analyst
Financial Planning & Analysis, Federal Reserve Information Technology

   

Board Advisor
(Non-voting)

Billy Kinsey, Jr., M.A., PRC
senior researcher & economist
Va. Commonwealth University

Board Advisor
(Non-voting)

William Mezger
chief economist
Va. Employment Commission

Board Advisor
(Non-voting)

Ms. My Lan Tran
City of Richmond, Va.
Office of Minority Business Enterprise