Lacy Hunt
2017 Annual Spring Pension Conference Speaker Biography
Lacy Hunt, Ph.D. Executive Vice President and Chief Economist Hoisington Investment Management Company Dr. Lacy H. Hunt, an internationally known economist, is serving in his 21st year Executive Vice President of Hoisington Investment Management Company, a firm that manages over $3.8 billion for pension funds, endowments, insurance companies and others. Lacy Hunt is the author of two books, and numerous articles in leading magazines, periodicals and scholarly journals. Included among the publishers of his articles are. Barron’s, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Journal of Finance, Financial Analysts Journal and the Journal of Portfolio Management. Previously, he was Chief U.S. Economist for the HSBC Group, one of the world’s largest banks, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist at Fidelity Bank, Vice President for Monetary Economics at Chase Econometrics Associates, Inc. and Senior Economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas where he as a member of the Federal Reserve System Committee on Financial Analysis. He earned his BA from Sewanee: the University of the South (1964), his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1966), and his Ph.D. in Economics from the Fox School of Business and Management of Temple University (1969). Sewanee awarded him the Honorary Doctor of Civil Laws degree in 2013 and their Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2016 Dr. Hunt served on the Board of Trustees of Temple University from 1987 to 2010 and is an honorary life trustee. He received the Abramson Award from the National Association for Business Economics for “outstanding contributions in the field of business economics.” He is a life member of the American Finance Association. He was a member of the Economic Advisory Board of the American Bankers Association, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Board of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association and member of the Monetary and Fiscal Policy Affairs Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce. The honorary doctorate from Sewanee said “His career path has included stops at some of the most powerful financial institutions in the country, where he has not only influenced internal investment policy but has left an indelible mark on the nation’s economic policy through his publications, speeches and appearances in the national media.”
Lacy Hunt, Ph.D. Executive Vice President and Chief Economist Hoisington Investment Management Company Dr. Lacy H. Hunt, an internationally known economist, is serving in his 21st year Executive Vice President of Hoisington Investment Management Company, a firm that manages over $3.8 billion for pension funds, endowments, insurance companies and others. Lacy Hunt is the author of two books, and numerous articles in leading magazines, periodicals and scholarly journals. Included among the publishers of his articles are. Barron’s, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Journal of Finance, Financial Analysts Journal and the Journal of Portfolio Management. Previously, he was Chief U.S. Economist for the HSBC Group, one of the world’s largest banks, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist at Fidelity Bank, Vice President for Monetary Economics at Chase Econometrics Associates, Inc. and Senior Economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas where he as a member of the Federal Reserve System Committee on Financial Analysis. He earned his BA from Sewanee: the University of the South (1964), his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1966), and his Ph.D. in Economics from the Fox School of Business and Management of Temple University (1969). Sewanee awarded him the Honorary Doctor of Civil Laws degree in 2013 and their Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2016 Dr. Hunt served on the Board of Trustees of Temple University from 1987 to 2010 and is an honorary life trustee. He received the Abramson Award from the National Association for Business Economics for “outstanding contributions in the field of business economics.” He is a life member of the American Finance Association. He was a member of the Economic Advisory Board of the American Bankers Association, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Board of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association and member of the Monetary and Fiscal Policy Affairs Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce. The honorary doctorate from Sewanee said “His career path has included stops at some of the most powerful financial institutions in the country, where he has not only influenced internal investment policy but has left an indelible mark on the nation’s economic policy through his publications, speeches and appearances in the national media.”
