Vice President, Branch Executive, and Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch
1020 16th Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
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Mark C. Snead is vice president of Regional Affairs and branch executive of the Denver Branch.

Mr. Snead joined the Denver Regional Affairs Department in 2009 as an assistant vice president and branch executive and serves as the Reserve Bank's regional economist and lead officer in the states of Colorado, Wyoming and northern New Mexico. He also recruits and works closely with the Branch’s board of directors.

Mark is responsible for briefing the Kansas City Fed’s president—a member of the Federal Open Market Committee—on economic and business activity in the Denver region's states.  Mark’s research interests focus on regional economic modeling and forecasting, local area economic development, and estimation of missing and non-disclosed economic data. Mark has published numerous articles and research reports on regional economic issues and is a contributor to the Tenth Federal Reserve District’s publications. Mark presents frequently to a range of business, financial and policy audiences. His research has been widely cited by policy officials, other researchers and leading media outlets.

Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank, Mark was with Oklahoma State University. He was appointed research economist on the Oklahoma State Econometric Model in the Department of Economics and Legal Studies at Oklahoma State University in 2000, and he was named the founding director of Oklahoma State University’s Center for Applied Economic Research in 2004.

Mark is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and holds a B.B.A. in Economics from the University of Georgia, an M.S.M. in Economics and Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Oklahoma State University. He is married with two daughters.

"Electricity Production Under Carbon Constraints: Implications for the Tenth District"
First Quarter 2012

"Are U.S. States Equally Prepared for a Carbon Constrained World?"
Fourth Quarter 2010