Raphael Bostic

Raphael W. Bostic (born June 5, 1966) is an American economist, academic, and public servant who has served as the 15th president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta since 2017.

[6] Bostic served as a board member of Freddie Mac, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Abode Communities.

[8] On October 14, 2022, Bostic failed to disclose stock trading transactions in the five years leading the bank that were revealed after a federal investigation.

In November 2020, Bostic was named as a potential candidate for Secretary of the Treasury in the then-upcoming Biden administration, a position that ultimately went to Janet Yellen.

[12] Bostic is the first African-American and first openly gay[13] person selected to lead a regional Federal Reserve bank.