Mark Sniderman is senior vice president and director of research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. His responsibilities in the Research Department include overseeing the production of research publications and directing the economic and monetary policy analysis of the Bank. In addition, Dr. Sniderman has senior management responsibilities for the Bank's Corporate Communications and Community Affairs Department. He serves on the Senior Management Committee of the Cleveland Fed. Dr. Sniderman also chairs the Federal Reserve System's Business Steering Group for Personal Computing Services and the Committee on Research Automation.

Dr. Sniderman joined the Bank's Research Department as an economist in 1976. He was promoted to senior economist in 1978, economic advisor in 1979, and assistant vice president in 1983. He became vice president and associate director of research in 1986, and assumed his current position in 1994. Dr. Sniderman also served as senior economist for economic policy analysis for the U.S. Senate Budget Committee in Washington, D.C. Before joining the Federal Reserve, Dr. Sniderman held teaching and research positions while a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Dr. Sniderman earned a bachelor's degree from Case Western Reserve University and master's and doctoral degrees in economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.