Filene Research Institute

Through independent research and innovation programs, the Filene Research Institute explores issues vital to the future of credit unions and consumer finance.


Our Research Fellows

The Filene Research Fellows program broadens our ties with top researchers on subjects of concern to credit unions.  This group of Filene Research Fellows is an aggregation of seven highly-regarded individuals drawn from top academic institutions.  These individuals give Filene entry to a vast array of important research essential to the continued success of the credit union industry.

Bob Hoel

Professor of Business, Emeritus
Colorado State University

William E. Jackson, III

Professor of Management and the Smith Foundation Chair of Business Ethics and Integrity         

University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration

Jinkook Lee

Professor of Consumer Sciences
The Ohio State University

Robert Manning

Research Professor and Director of the Center for Consumer Financial Services
Rochester Institute of Technology

Bárbara J. Robles

Faculty Director, Latino Financial Issues Program, School of Social Work and Center for Community Development & Civil Rights
Arizona State University, College of Public Programs

J. Edward Russo

S.C. Johnson Family Professor of Management
Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Science
Cornell University 

Dorian Stone

Associate Principal
McKinsey & Company 

Peter Tufano

Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management
Harvard Business School

James A. Wilcox

Kruttschnitt Family Professor of Financial Institutions
University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business