Matthew D. Gelfand, PhD, CFA, is a senior economist, senior investment advisor, and managing director of Rockefeller Capital Management. Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2010, he was with several institutional investment-advisory firms, including Strategic Investment Group where he was responsible for more than $1.2 billion of globally diversified assets, and Calvert Group, a leader in socially responsible investing. He also worked as an economist with the Federal Reserve Board and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates. Gelfand is a CFA charterholder and a Certified Financial Planner™ professional. He earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Yale College, both in economics. He was on the board of directors and remains on the investment policy committee of the Forward Association, a nonprofit founded in 1898, and is on the investment and finance committees of the Wallace Global Fund, a private foundation, where he now serves as treasurer. He has spoken about investments at numerous professional conferences and has appeared on a number of occasions on CNBC to discuss the monetary policy outlook.