SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Zions Bank

Robert is a Senior Vice President and the Economic and Public Policy Officer for Zions Bank. In this capacity he monitors and reports on economic indicators and public policy developments for the bank. Founded in 1873, Zions Bank is Utah's oldest financial institution and it operates locations in communities throughout the Intermountain West.

Robert's research interests are primarily in the areas of macroeconomics, demographics, financial markets and public policy. He frequently advises and briefs policymakers, as well as business and civic groups throughout the United States. He is also regularly called on to give expert analysis in the media, through print, radio, and television. He is known for his insightful and understandable approach to explaining economic trends.

DIRECTOR U.S. RATES STRATEGY
Bank of America Global Research

Meghan Swiber is a Director in U.S. Rates Strategy at BofA Global Research. She joined BofA Securities in 2020, and is responsible for publishing research and trade recommendations covering U.S. Rates and Macro strategy.

Swiber specializes in formulating views on the TIPS market, Treasury supply and demand dynamics as well as flows and positioning.

Before joining the firm, she was a member of the CIO team at JPMorgan Chase Private Bank for two years where she analyzed cross-asset returns and helped inform the CIO’s views on the macro landscape and central bank policy.

Previously, Swiber was an associate in the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She spent five years on the open markets trading desk where she conducted analysis on global macroeconomic conditions and financial markets.

Swiber earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and is a CFA charter holder. She is based in New York.

PRESIDENT & CEO
Pitney Bowes Bank

On March 1, 2019, Ed was elected to serve as President & CEO of the Pitney Bowes Bank by the Bank’s Board of Directors. In this role, Ed is responsible for all functions, activities, personnel, profitability, and processes of the Bank. In his tenure, he has relocated the bank during COVID, implemented a new bank platform, and introduced many new products for the bank.

Mr. Haidenthaller joined Pitney Bowes Bank as a Vice President and Chief Investment Officer in the fall of 2014. In this capacity, he was responsible for all aspects of oversight and reporting for the Bank’s $400 million investment portfolio. He came to the Bank with varied experience ranging from being a bank CFO/COO to a pension plan and bond fund manager. Ed’s background has been in financial management and capital markets, including serving as a Fin-Op and assistant controller of a large broker-dealer (Wells Fargo Van Kasper). He also owns a small boutique venture capital firm. Prior to joining Pitney Bowes, Mr. Haidenthaller served as the CFO and COO of both NHB Holdings, Inc. and Proficio Bank, both of Salt Lake City, Utah, which specialized in residential mortgage production and secondary marketing of that production.

Ed’s financial services career, beginning in 1984, includes retail bank branch operations and risk management at First Security Bank, Zions Bank, Lehman Brothers Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank as well as having consulted with 61 banks on internal audit, compliance, and efficiency structuring. He has been a trader for a global mutual fund company, a large corporate pension plan fiduciary and manager, as well as a fixed income bond fund manager. His consulting work includes over 8 years in financial services, operational efficiency, internal audit, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and FDICIA and SOX compliance for Jefferson Wells, Experis, McGladrey & Pullen LLP, and Protiviti. He led the western US financial services practice for Jefferson Wells for over 4 years while publishing articles in Reuters, Directors & Boards Magazine, and Connect Utah.

Mr. Haidenthaller is on the Board of Directors and serves as Audit Committee Chair of an Oil & Gas company, was Chairman of the Board for a non-profit Hospice for the Homeless facility (The INN Between), and recently retired after 7 years as President and Vice- President of a local competition soccer club with over 60 teams and 3 national titles. He holds an MBA from the University of Utah and an undergraduate degree in Corporate Finance (with a minor in Investment Management) from Weber State University.