The upcoming Eggs and Issues breakfast will feature a Missouri Western business school graduate who went on to become president and chief executive at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

Esther L. George will talk about the history of the Federal Reserve System and its role in today’s economy during Western’s next Eggs and Issues breakfast at 7 a.m. Wednesday, March 21 in the Fulkerson Center. The hot breakfast is free and open to the campus and the community, but reservations are required by Monday, March 19. Call 816-271-5646 or email [email protected].

George is president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, which has authority over U.S. monetary policy. She graduated from Western with a bachelor of science in business administration in 1980, and joined the Federal Reserve Bank in 1982.

She served as a commissioned bank examiner until 1995, when she was named to the Bank’s official staff. She has held numerous leadership positions at the Bank within its research support, public affairs and human resources functions. George was named a vice president and put in charge of the Bank’s Division of Supervision and Risk Management in 2001, was named first vice president and chief operating officer in 2009, and was appointed president and chief executive officer on Oct. 1, 2011.

A native of Faucett, Mo., George holds a master of business administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and is a graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the Stanford University Executive Program. She recently completed three terms on the MWSU Foundation Board of Directors.

Following George’s presentation, the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Since 1988, Eggs and Issues has been sponsored by the MWSU Foundation to provide a community educational forum that encourages the exchange of ideas on current topics.