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Nancy Dayton Sidhu, Ph. D.
Vice President and Senior Economist - Economic and Policy Consulting
Nancy D. Sidhu is Vice President and Senior Economist for the Economic
and Public Policy Consulting department 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.
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