John R. Dearie is Executive Vice President for Policy at the Financial Services Forum, a financial and economic policy organization comprised of the chief executives officers of 17 of the largest financial institutions with operations in the United States. Prior to joining the Forum in January of 2001, Mr. Dearie spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the central bank of the United States, where he held positions in the Banking Studies, Foreign Exchange, and Policy and Analysis areas.  He was appointed an Officer of the Bank in 1996.  In addition to his regular duties, Mr. Dearie also served as a speechwriter for New York Fed presidents E. Gerald Corrigan and William J. McDonough. Mr. Dearie’s writing has appeared in the The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Hill, USA Today, and China’s Caijing Magazine. Mr. Dearie was educated at the University of Notre Dame and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.  He is the author of two novels and lives with his wife and two children in Alexandria, Virginia.