Joseph Firschein

Joseph Firschein leads the Federal Reserve Board’s community development and policy analysis teams that are responsible for analyzing emerging consumer and community development policies and practices in order to understand their implications for the economic and supervisory policies that are core to the central bank's functions. These teams also promote economic growth and financial stability for low- and moderate-income communities and individuals through a range of activities, including convening stakeholders for discussions on issues, conducting applied research, and gathering information on financial conditions and emerging issues. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Board, Joseph served as a Director in Fannie Mae’s Housing and Community Development Division where he managed the business segment responsible for financing community development financial institutions and led the company’s efforts to sell foreclosed single family homes to public entities and nonprofits. Prior to joining Fannie Mae, Joseph managed lending to community development financial institutions at the U.S. Treasury Department Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and served as lead community development analyst at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Joseph is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and George Washington University, where he teaches courses on community development finance and policy. Joseph has an MBA in Finance from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business; a Masters in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy; and a B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University.