Anne O’Shaughnessy

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Anne O’Shaughnessy manages the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Multimedia and Editorial Services group, which supports the production and sharing of content via the Cleveland Fed’s website, publications, and other vehicles. Previously she was a communications advisor for the Community Development Department, overseeing the department’s publications, website, and social media tools. From 2009 through 2012 she led the planning of the Cleveland Fed’s Policy Summit on Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality. Outside the Bank, she serves on the Marketing and Development Committee of Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland.

Ms. O’Shaughnessy joined the Cleveland Fed in 2006. Previously, she was a freelance business writer serving corporate and small-business clients in the financial services industry.

Ms. O’Shaughnessy was awarded a bachelor’s degree in English from Northwestern University and a Klingenstein Fellowship at Columbia University.

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

Navigating a changing economy requires resources, data, ideas—and listening

Anne O’Shaughnessy

07.31.2023

More than 400 community development professionals met in Cleveland, Ohio in mid-June for Policy Summit 2023, an event that featured various sessions aimed at highlighting and addressing economic challenges in the current economy.

Topics: Economic mobility, Economic equity and inclusion

Ask the Expert

Ask the Expert

Why does the Federal Reserve, the nation’s central bank, focus on communities? How is Fed Communities involved?

Anne O’Shaughnessy

08.03.2021

Fed Communities raises awareness of the central bank’s focus on communities because the Fed believes thriving communities boost economic growth and financial stability.

Topics: Neighborhood quality

Forefront

Forefront

Change is Afoot in Eastern Kentucky

Bonnie S. Blankenship Joel A. Elvery Tasia M. Hane Matt Klesta Michelle Park Lazette Anne O’Shaughnessy Guhan Venkatu Ann Marie Wiersch

07.31.2016 | Summer 2016, Vol. 7, No. 2

Appalshop—a media, arts, and education center, seeks to preserve the rich cultural history and heritage of Appalachia.

Forefront

The Why of Weak Wages

Brett Barkley Kyle D. Fee Tasia M. Hane Michelle Park Lazette Daniel A. Littman Anne O’Shaughnessy

07.13.2015 | Summer 2015, Vol. 6, No. 2

What has driven the slow growth of wages, which occupations have experienced faster wage growth, and which have experienced no wage growth?

Forefront

Stronger Pipelines, Lessened Uncertainty, and Investing in Fun

Daniel A. Hartley Michelle Park Lazette Daniel A. Littman Maureen O’Connor Anne O’Shaughnessy Ericka L. Thoms Ann Marie Wiersch

02.24.2015 | Spring 2015, Vol. 6, No. 1

The Cleveland Fed and regional businesspeople compare last year to the year before and answer our question: What’s in store for 2015?

Forefront

Rebuilding Communities

Kyle D. Fee Todd E. Clark Anne M. DiTeodoro Anne O’Shaughnessy April McClellan-Copeland Sandra Pianalto

09.25.2012 | Summer 2012, Vol. 3, No. 2

Policy Summit 2012 presented attendees with new ways to approach economic development that is multipronged, holistic, and includes long-term planning and execution.

Forefront

The Economic Importance of Being Educated

Daniel A. Littman Amy L. Koehnen Andrea Pescatori April McClellan-Copeland Filippo Occhino Anne O’Shaughnessy Sandra Pianalto Jennifer K. Ransom

12.09.2010 | Fall 2010, Vol. 1, No. 3

Many experts believe that early childhood development is economic development, and the research shows it’s economic development with a high public return.

Forefront

A Proposal: Using the CRA to Fight Vacancy and Abandonment

O. Emre Ergungor Kyle D. Fee Thomas J. Fitzpatrick IV Lou Marich Todd Morgano Lisa A. Nelson Anne O’Shaughnessy Sandra Pianalto Ann Marie Wiersch

05.03.2010 | Spring 2010, Vol. 1, No. 2

In 2009, banks became the reluctant holders of more than 1,500 foreclosed properties in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Most of these houses are in Cleveland, worth little to nothing, and in danger of remaining vacant for the foreseeable future—destined to define neighborhood decay.

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Article

Facing the Foreclosure Crisis in Greater Cleveland: What Happened and How Communities are Responding

Claudia Coulton Kathryn W. Hexter April Hirsh Urban Anne O’Shaughnessy Francisca García-Cobián Richter Michael Schramm

01.01.2010

The foreclosure crisis is among the most significant challenges facing American cities today. It has been difficult as a nation to assess the damage to housing stock, neighborhoods, and communities, let alone decide upon strategies to repair and move forward. As new foreclosures continue to mount, their impact spreads from central cities to places that initially seemed immune.

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