Jessica Lum serves as a regional engagement officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In this role, she fosters trusted relationships with leaders in the business and banking sectors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through ongoing engagement and dialogue, Jessica gathers real-time information on local economic conditions, adding important context to quantitative data and analyses that the Federal Reserve uses to guide its decision making and policies. She also supports the development of the Bank’s Board of Directors and advisory councils.
Jessica’s engagement with the region’s innovators and changemakers supports SF Fed initiatives, such as the EmergingTech Economic Research Network, which explores nascent technologies so the SF Fed can gain deeper insights into the economy of the future.
Jessica joined the SF Fed in 2022 and served on the Government and Civic Relations team, where she developed relationships with government stakeholders in Arizona, California, Hawaiʻi, and Nevada, and connected them with Federal Reserve research and expertise.
As a lifelong San Franciscan, Jessica brings experience and an understanding of regional issues from her service in various public affairs roles in the Bay Area tourism industry, city government, and on non-profit boards.