With a broad-ranging professional background spanning 30 years,
Sylvia Bennett joined the faculty of MDCOB in July 2017 after retiring from the
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas with 16 plus years of service. At the
Dallas Fed, Sylvia was the Lead Auditor responsible for supervising audits and
developing economic risk assessments for several Federal Reserve functions,
including Economic Research, Monetary Policy, Statistical Reporting and Bank
Supervision and Regulation. During her tenure with the Federal Reserve
System Sylvia was the leader of System-wide Audit Competency Centers for
the following functions: Economic Research, Statistical Reporting,
Reserves Management and Credit Risk Management. In this leadership
capacity, Sylvia directed activities of audit representatives from the 12
Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors.
Prior to joining the Federal Reserve, Sylvia was an Economist for
ExxonMobil Corporation where she was responsible for developing economic
analyses to support Exxon's interest on various litigations. Sylvia's
background also includes a stint as Revenue Estimating Specialist for the Texas
State Comptroller's Office, where she had responsibility for estimating
revenues from the hotel occupancy tax and the state franchise tax. Sylvia
has held adjunct teaching positions at Texas Southern University, Houston
Community College, Houston Baptist University and Trinity University (San
Antonio).
