Prominent NDSU graduate Douglas Duncan is scheduled to speak at the Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth's Distinguished Speaker Series event on Tuesday, Nov. 19 in Bismarck. Duncan is the senior vice president and Chief Economist at Fannie Mae where he is responsible for forecasts and analyses of the economy and the housing and mortgage markets.
The Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth’s Menard Family Distinguished Speaker Series is scheduled to host prominent NDSU graduate Doug Duncan on Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Gateway to Science Innovation Space in Bismarck. Hors d’oeuvres will follow from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Duncan, whose presentation is titled “A Conversation About the U.S. Economy and the Future with Implications for North Dakota,” is senior vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae where he is responsible for forecasts and analyses of the economy and the housing and mortgage markets. He also oversees strategic research regarding the potential impact of external factors on the housing industry.
Under his leadership, Fannie Mae’s Economic & Strategic Research Group earned the 2022 Lawrence R. Klein Award for Blue Chip Forecast Accuracy recognizing their industry-leading work over a four-year period. In both 2015 and 2016, Duncan and the ESR Group won the NABE Outlook Award, presented annually for the most accurate GDP and Treasury note yield forecasts, becoming the first recipient in the award's history to capture the honor two years in a row.
Named one of Bloomberg/BusinessWeek's 50 Most Powerful People in Real Estate and Inman News’ 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate, Duncan is Fannie Mae's source for information and analyses on demographics and the external business and economic environment; the implications of changes in economic activity on the company's strategy and execution; and for forecasting overall housing, economic, and mortgage market activity.
Prior to joining Fannie Mae, Duncan was Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association. His experience also includes work on the Financial Institutions Project at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and service as a LEGIS Fellow and staff member with the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs for U.S. representative Bill McCollum. Previously, Duncan was a board member of the National Association of Business Economics and a board member and chairman of strategies to elevate people.
Duncan is a Hoyt Professional Fellow at the Homer Hoyt Institute. He was chosen as the North Dakota State University College of Agriculture Alumni of the Year in 2018. He was also elected as a Trustee of North Dakota State University in 2022.
Duncan received his doctorate in agricultural economics from Texas A&M University and his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agricultural economics from NDSU.
