Jennifer Chadwick is a community development advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and works out of the Oklahoma City Branch.
As she joins the community development team, Chadwick’s emphasis is on mutually meaningful engagement with Tribal Nations and communities on collaborative economic-focused opportunities.
Though new to the Kansas City Fed, Chadwick has more than 20 years’ experience working within the field of community-focused research and health initiatives. In her previous role, as the Native American Research Coordinator with the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, she served as a liaison between study investigators and Tribal Nations, communities, and health boards. Her efforts focused on fostering mutually meaningful collaborations. This work lent itself to many research partnerships. These resulted in cooperative publications that focused on community engagement in clinical trials related to diabetes prevention and treatment in youth.
Chadwick, a life-long Oklahoman, is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a graduate of Phillips University previously in Enid, Oklahoma.
About the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up our nation's central bank. We work in the public’s interest by supporting economic and financial stability. The Kansas City Fed’s territory includes Colorado, Kansas, western Missouri, Nebraska, northern New Mexico, Oklahoma and Wyoming. Our headquarters is in Kansas City, with branch offices in Denver, Omaha and Oklahoma City.
The Kansas City Fed Community Development Department promotes economic development and public understanding that leads to progress for lower-income individuals and communities. Our focus areas include affordable housing, community development investments, digital inclusion, and workforce development.