Macro and North Texas Economic Outlook

Overview

Hosted by Grant Thornton, we will enjoy time for networking and have the honor of hearing from Robert Steven Kaplan as Nichole Jordan leads a fireside chat and then a Q&A session with the past President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and current Partner and Vice Chairman at Goldman Sachs.

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Speaker

Robert Steven Kaplan is a partner and Vice Chairman at Goldman Sachs, where he gives strategic advice to clients globally and works closely with teams across global banking and markets, and asset and wealth management. He serves as a member of the Management Committee and Executive Office at Goldman Sachs and is based in Dallas, Texas. He previously served as the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 2015 until 2021. In this role he managed the 1,300 employees of the Dallas Fed and represented the Eleventh Federal Reserve District on the Federal Open Market Committee in the formulation of U.S. monetary policy.

Kaplan was previously the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice and a Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining Harvard, Kaplan was Vice Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group with global responsibility for the firm's investment banking and investment management divisions.

He serves as Chairman of Project A.L.S. and Co-Chairman of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. He is a board member of Harvard Medical School, St. Mark’s School of Texas and is a member of the Advisory Council of the George W. Bush Institute. Kaplan is an Executive Committee Member of the Baker Institute and a Member of the Board of Directors of the SMU Tate Lecture Series. Previously he served as Chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee at Google and a trustee of the Ford Foundation. He was appointed by the Governor of Kansas as a member of the Kansas Health Policy Authority Board.

Kaplan has authored three books, titled What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner; What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential; and What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential.

He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Moderator 

Executive summary
Nichole Jordan is Grant Thornton’s regional managing principal for its Texoma region, and an inclusive leader dedicated to building a diverse and equitable culture of belonging.

Nichole previously served as Grant Thornton’s national managing principal of Geography. In that role, she orchestrated firmwide strategy execution at the geography level and drove consistent results related to growth, talent engagement and culture.

Before that, Nichole was Grant Thornton’s Central region managing partner, a role focused on developing and retaining talent, driving market leadership and empowering teams to help clients achieve their most critical business goals. She led more than 3,000 professionals in the Central region across 20 states and 19 offices to serve thousands of US and global clients within multiple industries. Nichole also ensured the firm delivered value and insights to clients, meeting their individual needs with an enterprise-wide perspective. And she engendered a culture of collaboration, client service and community engagement.

Nichole has had extensive experience working across the US as a client service partner, growth leader, industry leader and senior advisor on Fortune 500 clients. She has been integral to developing the firm’s alliance and channel relationships in a variety of markets, as well as building Grant Thornton’s network of executive peer advisory boards and other leadership forums around the country. Nichole also serves as the firm’s DE&I Champion of the Veterans & Allies business resource group.

Earlier in her career, Nichole served as Grant Thornton’s national managing partner of Markets, Clients and Industry, overseeing the firm’s strategic key client portfolio, industry sectors, regions, sales, market intelligence and customer analytics. Prior to that role, she was a member of the firm’s Partnership Board, while also serving as the national managing partner for Grant Thornton’s Banking and Securities industry practice, as well as the leader of markets and industries in metropolitan New York and New England.

Education and Qualifications
Nichole is a certified public accountant in Texas, a CEO Perspectives Fellow and has completed the University of Oxford Said Business School Strategic Leadership Programme as well as the NACD Governance Fellowship® – The Gold Standard Director Credential. She was honored by NACD’s Directorship 100 list in 2018 and 2019. Nichole received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Austin.

Boards and Community
Nichole serves on the Consumer Technology Association’s Board of Industry Leaders, Disruptive Innovation Council and 21st Century Workforce Council, as well as on the Accounting Advisory Council of her alma mater, The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. She is also a member of the Dallas Business Journal Leadership Trust, the US Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Leadership Board and USCC’s Corporate Governance Working Group. Nichole is also a Director Coach for 2020 Women on Boards. She has served on the boards of the American Heart Association and the YWCA, working as an instructor for the Financial Empowerment Education program.

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