Senior Economist and Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Mine Yücel is vice president and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She has been with the Bank since 1989. As an energy economist and head of the Bank's regional group, she analyzes the regional economy and energy markets on an ongoing basis and has published numerous articles on energy and regional growth.

Yücel is past president of the United States Association of Energy Economics (USAEE), and the Dallas Area Business Economists. She has served on the executive boards of the USAEE and the Dallas Chapter of Women in Technology International, Inc. In 2006, she was chosen as one of the recipients of the Key Women in Energy—Global award. She received the USAEE Senior Fellow Award in 2007. Currently, she serves on the Greater Dallas Chamber's Life Sciences Committee, the Chamber's Board of Economists, and the executive boards of the International Association of Energy Economics and Executive Women of Dallas.

Before joining the Bank, she was an assistant professor of economics at Louisiana State University. She has a B.S. and M.S. in mathematics from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, and a Ph.D. in economics from Rice University in Houston, Texas.