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By Cassie Williams Jones

Two Federal Reserve Bank presidents will deliberate monetary policy next month at the 2013 Investors Circle dinner, presented by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business Foundation.

Charles Evans, Ph.D., president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Jeffrey Lacker, Ph.D., president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, will discuss monetary issues in “Monetary Policy: Opportunities and Limits,” moderated by Al Broaddus, Ph.D., former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, on Tuesday, April 2,  at the Jefferson Hotel, 101 W. Franklin St.

The evening, open to Investors Circle donors, includes cocktails and dinner. The presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m., and will conclude with a question-and-answer segment. All media attending will need to register by 5 p.m. March 29 at https://crm.orionondemand.com/crm/forms/N7880sB0TA70x6700kB3, and are requested to check in at the event by 7:15 p.m.

Evans took office as the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Seventh District Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago in 2007. Before becoming president, he was director of research and a senior vice president at the Chicago Fed. Prior to that, he was a vice president and senior economist in the economic research department.

Lacker took office in 2004 as the seventh chief executive and president of the Fifth District Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond. He joined the bank in 1989 as an economist in the banking area of the research department. He was named research officer in 1994, vice president in 1996 and senior vice president and director of the research department in 1999.

Both Evans and Lacker are members of the Federal Open Market Committee, the committee within the Federal Reserve System that oversees open market operations of the United States.

This event is a highlight of the school’s yearlong 75^th anniversary celebration, honoring 75 years of educating business-ready leaders and serving the regional business community.