Baker College welcomes Federal Reserve economist to board of regents

Paul Traub, senior business economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago-Detroit Branch, has been appointed to the Baker College of Flint Board of Regents.

“We are excited for the opportunity to work with Paul, who is a well-known and respected economist and speaker,” said Wen Hemingway, MBA, CTP, Baker College of Flint president. “His expertise and experience will be great assets to the board, and we look forward to his contributions.”

At the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Traub’s responsibilities include research and current analysis. Prior to joining the Fed, he was president of Scenario Economics LLC and senior economist for Americas Commercial Transportation Research Company, LLC (ACT Research). In 2008, he retired from Chrysler LLC after 25 years, with more than 17 of those years spent in Chrysler’s office of the corporate economist.

Traub’s speaking engagements have included the Michigan and Ohio Governors’ Councils of Economic Advisors; the Society of Automotive Analysts Automotive Outlook Conference; the Forum on Global Energy, Economy and Security (The Aspen Institute); and the Bear Stearns Global Transport & Logistics Conference.

He is president of the Detroit Association of Business Economists; is a member of the National Association of Business Economists and the Detroit Economic Club; is on advisory boards for Lawrence Technological University College of Management, Baker College of Flint Business School, the Michigan Council for Economic Education and the U.S. Army TACOM LCMC; and has served as an adjunct faculty member at Oakland University’s School of Business. He holds a bachelor’s of business administration from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and an MBA from Oakland University.

Others on the Baker College of Flint Board of Regents are Chair JoAnne Shaw, Coffee Beanery CEO; and members Dr. Robert Farrell, Jr., SVS Vision president/CEO; Melany Gavulic, Hurley Medical Center Inc. CEO; John Matonich, Rowe Professional Services Company president/CEO; Lawrence E. Moon, Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home Inc. president; Joseph O. Serra, Serra Automotive president; Edward Kurtz, Baker College System vice chairman; F. James Cummins, Baker College System president and CEO; Bart Daig, Ph.D., Baker College System chief operating officer; and Wen Hemingway, Baker College of Flint president.

For more information about Baker College of Flint, contact Kevin Pnacek in the admissions office at 810.766.4000 or kevin.pnacek@baker.edu.

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