Jerry Jordan
Jerry L. Jordan is a former member of President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers and former president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Career. Jordan attended California State University, Northridge, where he earned a B.A. in economics (1963). He continued his education at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he earned his Ph.D. in economics (1969, supervisor: Armen Alchian). He was employed at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis from 1967 up until 1975, ending with the position as senior vice president and director of research. From 1971  to 1972 he was on assignment as an economic consultant with Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt, Germany. Following his 8-year employment at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Jordan was employed as the senior vice president and economist at Pittsburgh National Bank from 1975 to 1980. From July 1980 to March 1981 and August 1982 to January 1985, Jordan held the position as dean and professor at the Robert O. Anderson School of Management located at the University of New Mexico. During the break in his employment at the University of New Mexico, Jordan was a member of President  Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers from April 1981 to July 1982. After his stay at the University of New Mexico, he attained employment as the senior vice president and chief economist at First Interstate Bancorp from 1985 to 1992. In 1992 Jordan returned to work at the Federal Reserve, but this time at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, where he was the president and chief executive officer until 2003. Jordan is currently the president of the Pacific Academy for Advanced Studies, a member of the board of trustees of the Foundation for Research in Economics and Education , and a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute, and an adjunct scholar of the Cato Institute.