Kevin Stiroh
Senior Fellow
Kevin Stiroh is an accomplished leader in financial services with 30 years of experience in banking supervision and policy development, risk management, corporate governance, economic research, financial analysis, and large-scale organizational change.
Most recently, Stiroh was a senior advisor in the Division of Supervision and Regulation at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where he designed and led the Fed’s microprudential approach to the financial risks of climate change. He also served as cochair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Risks.
Prior to that role, Stiroh served as executive vice president and head of the Supervision Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and on the New York Fed’s Executive Committee. Kevin also was cohead of the Market Operations, Monitoring, and Analysis team, where he led work on the implementation of monetary policy, financial stability analysis, and discount window operations.
Stiroh’s academic research includes work on productivity and the sources of economic growth, the economic impact of information technology, the performance of financial institutions, and the financial risks of climate change. His research has been published in the American Economic Review, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Review of Economics and Statistics, and other academic and business publications.
Stiroh is the director of Climate-related Financial and Macroeconomic Risk Initiative, a research collaboration between Harvard University and RFF. You can read more about the collaboration in this press release.
Education
- PhD and MA in Economics, Harvard University
- BA in Economics and Psychology, Swarthmore College
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Media Highlight — Oct 9, 2025
Bloomberg: “Ex-Fed Official Sees Secular ‘Shocks’ Ahead from Extreme Weather”
In this profile, RFF Senior Fellow Kevin Stiroh discusses his perspectives on climate-related financial risk.
Press Release — Sep 23, 2025
Salata Institute and Resources for the Future Launch the Climate-related Financial and Macroeconomic Risk Initiative
A new research collaboration will deepen understanding of how climate change affects economic stability—and forge tools to address growing risks.
Press Release — Sep 16, 2025
Kevin Stiroh Joins RFF
Kevin Stiroh, an expert in banking and financial institutional analysis with over 30 years of experience, is joining Resources for the Future as a senior fellow.
Press Release — Sep 16, 2025
Kevin Stiroh Joins RFF
Kevin Stiroh, an expert in banking and financial institutional analysis with over 30 years of experience, is joining Resources for the Future as a senior fellow.
Media Highlight — Oct 9, 2025
Bloomberg: “Ex-Fed Official Sees Secular ‘Shocks’ Ahead from Extreme Weather”
In this profile, RFF Senior Fellow Kevin Stiroh discusses his perspectives on climate-related financial risk.
Press Release — Sep 23, 2025
Salata Institute and Resources for the Future Launch the Climate-related Financial and Macroeconomic Risk Initiative
A new research collaboration will deepen understanding of how climate change affects economic stability—and forge tools to address growing risks.