Augustine D. Faucher did his undergraduate work at Cornell University and received a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh, PA. His impressive career includes a Senior Economist position in the Office of Economic Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., and a Director and Senior Economist position at Moody’s Analytics. Augustine is currently a member of the American Bankers Association Economic Advisory Committee, on the Board of Directors of the Economic Club of Pittsburgh, and a member of the National Association for Business Economics.