LAUREL GRAEFE

Laurel Graefe is a Regional Executive & Senior Officer at the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. As the senior officer leading the Federal Reserve’s team in Nashville, she manages her Branch’s Board of Directors and economic research activities, oversees its economic and financial education programs, and advises on monetary policy. Laurel earned an MBA with honors from Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management, where she was selected as one of the business school’s “World Shapers”—alumni highlighted for their work in business and their communities. Laurel holds a bachelor’s degree in economics, summa cum laude, from Agnes Scott College. She is an avid rock climber and enjoys exploring the wonderful rock formations of Tennessee, particularly along the Cumberland Plateau.