Finance Alumnus Recognized for Excellence

On Feb. 27, Bowling Green State University honored seven accomplished graduates at the 2016 BGSU College Alumni Awards. Held in the Mileti Alumni Center, the ceremony recognized the impressive professional and civic achievements of Finance Department Alumnus, Gregory Stefani.

Stefani serves as the first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Appointed to the position in 2011, Stefani is the second ranking official of the bank, which serves the Fourth Federal Reserve District, comprised of Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. He also chairs the bank’s executive leadership team and oversees all operating and support activities in both the Cleveland headquarters and the bank’s branches in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. 

During Stefani’s more than 30-year tenure with the bank, he has held positions of increasing responsibility within the supervision and regulation, credit risk management and statistics and analysis departments. In 2007, he was appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer, and has developed expertise in strategic planning and risk management. 

He is a member of the board of directors of United Way of Greater Cleveland, the board of advisors of the Commission on Economic Inclusion, and serves on the finance committee of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. He also serves on the leadership council for the College of Business Administration at BGSU where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Finance and an MBA. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program and the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Colorado.