Qiana Charles
Vice President and Regional Executive, Los Angeles
Qiana Charles serves as vice president and regional executive of the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In this role, she fosters trusted relationships with leaders in the business and banking sectors in Southern California, Arizona, and Southern Nevada. Through ongoing engagement and dialogue, Qiana 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 is a senior leader who represents the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in the region and leads the development and facilitation of the Bank’s Los Angeles Branch Board of Directors. She also has a key role in the development of the Bank’s advisory councils.
Before joining the San Francisco Fed, Qiana served as a government relations principal manager at Southern California Edison (SCE), where she was responsible for overseeing government relations and public affairs functions in Los Angeles and Orange County. She also served as the chief of staff for the Office of the President at SCE, directing the day-to-day activities and coordinating the external affairs functions of the office.
Qiana has also worked in various roles in the California State Legislature. She started her public service career by participating in the Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program, the nation’s oldest legislative fellowship program, which offers experiential learning opportunities in policymaking and development in the California State Legislature.
She currently serves on the Leadership California board and is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated.
Qiana received a master’s degree in organizational communication from Howard University and a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from California State University, San Bernardino.