2010 Board of Directors
Vice Chair
Sandra Pianalto
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Sandra Pianalto is the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
Ms. Pianalto’s tenure with the Bank spans more than 20 years. She joined the Bank in 1983 as an economist in the Research Department. She was appointed assistant vice president of public affairs in 1984, vice president and secretary to the board of directors in 1988, and first vice president and chief operating officer in 1993. She assumed her position as president in 2003.
Before joining the Bank, Ms. Pianalto was an economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and served on the staff of the Budget Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ms. Pianalto is active in the Fourth District’s civic community, serving on the boards of directors of many community organizations, including The Cleveland Foundation, the Greater Cleveland Partnership, University Hospitals, United Way of Greater Cleveland, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education, and the Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy.
Ms. Pianalto earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from The University of Akron and a master’s degree in economics from The George Washington University. She is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and holds honorary doctor of humane letters degrees from The University of Akron, Baldwin-Wallace College, Kent State University, Ursuline College, and Notre Dame College. Ms. Pianalto also received an honorary doctor of business administration degree from Cleveland State University and an honorary doctor of laws degree from John Carroll University.