Makenzie Peake, a soon to be graduate of economics with quantitative emphasis, has accepted a research associate position at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. She will start in summer 2018. Makenzie is the Department of Economics’s third placement at the Fed. She follows Landon Stroebel (BA in economics and math 2005) and George Fenton (BA economics 2012), both of whom were research assistants at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
Stoebel was at the Board of Governors for three years and then joined the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. After his time on the Commission, Stroebel worked for an investment company, then opened his own investment company and joined the National Guard.
Fenton was at the Board of Governors for two years and then entered the doctoral program in economics at the University of Michigan where he is currently in his third year.
Peake will use her opportunity at the Fed as a stepping-stone to her doctorate.
“This opportunity at the Federal Reserve St. Louis bank marks another step towards my goal of becoming a professional economist,” says Peake. “After a two-year stint as a research associate, I plan to enter a Ph.D. program in economics. I sincerely thank Boise State University, the Department of Economics and the Honors College for the immense support and encouragement I have received throughout my educational experience. My career would not have been possible without that support. It is an honor and a privilege to graduate from Boise State, something that I will work hard to repay in the future.”
Peake has been selected as the 2018 Outstanding Graduate in the Department of Economics and as a Boise State Top Ten Scholar.