Nancy D. Sidhu is Vice President and Senior Economist for the Kyser Center for Economic Research of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation. LAEDC is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to assisting business firms and fostering job growth in Los Angeles County. A highly valued member of LAEDC's economic consulting team, Dr. Sidhu conducts economic research for the LAEDC's public and private sector clients. She specializes in regional industry analysis and forecasting, local area economic and demographic research, and economic impact analysis. In addition, Dr. Sidhu prepares forecasts of national and industry trends for LAEDC's economic research publications and delivers speeches to audiences throughout California.

Just prior to joining the LAEDC, Dr. Sidhu was Vice President and Senior Economist for Bank of America, where she was responsible for the economic analysis of selected industries and the Southern California region. She gave regular economic updates to the leadership team of the Southern California Regional Bank--of which she was a member. Commercial bankers and credit policymakers around the globe relied upon her insights regarding economic trends affecting the metals, chemicals, electric utilities, automotive, machinery, and construction industries. Previously, Dr. Sidhu served as Vice President and Economist for Security Pacific National Bank, where she was responsible for the Bank's U.S. economic and interest rate forecast.

In earlier years, Dr. Sidhu had served as an Associate Professor of Economics at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, teaching economics and statistics. Then she spent a decade with Inland Steel Industries as an industry economist and corporate planner in the Commercial Research and Strategic Planning departments. She prepared economic and strategic analyses and forecasts of metal-using industries (automotive, appliance, machinery, rail transportation, construction), supplier industries (electric utilities, metallurgical coke), and the steel industry itself. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Dr. Sidhu joined Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. as Senior Planning Administrator, preparing economic and automotive industry forecasts to guide the company's sales planning process.

Dr. Sidhu received her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While a graduate student, she was a University Fellow and a National Defense Education Act Fellow. Her Ph.D. dissertation won an award from the National Tax Association.

Active in her profession, Dr. Sidhu is Associate Editor of Business Economics. She sits on the Economic Advisory Committee of the California Chamber of Commerce. She also is a member of the American Economic Association, the National Association of Business Economics (NABE), and the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts (LASFA). She has served as President of NABE's Chicago and Los Angeles chapters. She currently is a member of the Teaching Faculty in the CFA Review Program, sponsored by LASFA and the University of Southern California.