Laurel Graefe

Laurel Graefe is a former Regional Executive & Senior Officer at the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. As the senior officer, she led the Federal Reserve’s team in Nashville, managed the Branch’s Board of Directors and economic research activities, oversaw its economic and financial education programs, and advised 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.