Donald Hirasuna2821 Ottawa Ave. So.

St. Louis Park, MN 55416 (952) 848-0685

TYPE OF POSITION SOUGHT To use my managerial, decision-making, communication, regulatory enforcement, research and quantitative skills

SKILLS

Managerial• Identifying key issues by seeing the big picture and identifying risks

Communicated new area of research by working with university researchers on early childhood education issues noting they should simultaneously consider the effect of policies on interrelated outcomes. For example, the outcomes for at-risk female teens of graduating high school, become a teen parent, and ending-up on welfare are interrelated and correlated

Early identification of decreased applications for home purchase loans, especially among minorities, and the effects of prolonged slow employment growth for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Identified and produced much work related to earnings inequality and other current issues

• Develop and implement strategic plans Developed and implemented a plan for reviewing credit risk models for Basel II for

US Bank Helped lead a Minnesota legislative task force developing a transparency procedure

for the award of economic development subsidies. Adopted by 47other states across the nation

• Lead Others Recruited, managed and trained staff Kept contact with former employees Revitalized volunteer organizations

Communication• Communicates well with technical and lay audiences• Recognizes the needs of the customer• Excellent writing skills

Author of 8 journal articles, editor of a special issue in a journal and author of over 30 policy briefs

Cited in academic writings and magazines like BusinessWeek • Strong public speaking skills

Invited speaker to presentations such as seminar on the making of policy Presented research at academic seminars for national associations Presented before non-profits, testified before state legislators and taught college level

courses

• Negotiation skills Helped representatives negotiate politically sensitive plans by providing information

on the costs and benefits. Several efforts by legislators were written into State Law Gained access to highly sensitive private data by negotiating with several state

agenciesResearch

• Asks useful questions-praised by the IRS, US Census Bureau and others • Conducts logically sound, nonpartisan, non-agenda driven research• Conducts research independently

Quantitative Analysis• Qualitative dependent response models• Binary and multivariate regression models • Selection bias techniques including inverse probability weighting and Heckman

techniques• Quasi-experimental techniques including regression models, nearest neighbor matching,

propensity scores and clustered sampling problems• Single and simultaneous equation models• Fixed and random effects models• Survival analysis• Computable general equilibrium and input-output models • Linear and nonlinear programming• Loess smoothing and generalized additive models

SUBJECT AREA EXPERTISE

• Long, consistent history of taking on new subjects and making substantive contributions relatively soon including early childhood education, mortgage discrimination, Basel II regulations, healthcare, smoking bans, and tax policy

• Welfare and low-income policies• State and local economic development• Regulatory compliance• Public policy and legislation

EDUCATION

1994 Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Agricultural and Applied Economics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2010–present. Researcher, Human Capital Research Collaborative, University of Minnesota

• 1994–Present. Legislative Analyst, House Research Department, House of Representatives, State of Minnesota

• 2009-2010. Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis • 2007-2009. Senior Risk Manager, U.S. Bank