# Professor Kim Schoenholtz Named to Financial Research Advisory Committee of US Department of the Treasury's Office of Financial Research

1 Press Releases July 27, 2015 ![Kim Schoenholtz](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_033448.jpg?itok=-Wg03fdj)>

Professor [Kim Schoenholtz](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kim-schoenholtz) was named as a member of the [Financial Research Advisory Committee](http://financialresearch.gov/frac/) (FRAC) of the US Treasury’s [Office of Financial Research](http://financialresearch.gov/) (OFR). The OFR, established as a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, created the committee to provide advice, recommendations, analysis, and information on topics including research methodologies, data management, and data standards.

Professor Schoenholtz, Professor of Management Practice in the Stern Department of Economics, teaches courses on money and banking and macroeconomics, and directs Stern’s [Center for Global Economy and Business](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/global-economy-business).

The latest FRAC meeting took place in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2015, just after the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act. Here are the [agenda](http://financialresearch.gov/frac/2015/07/23/committee-meeting/) and the [webcast](http://www.yorkcast.com/treasury/events/2015/07/23/frac/) of the public portion of the meeting.

Read the US Treasury’s [press release](http://financialresearch.gov/frac/) about the Financial Research Committee.