Newswise — Federal Reserve Veteran and University of North Carolina Wilmington executive in residence, Tom Simpson, is available to lend his expertise on topics related to the United States economic and financial systems to include the regulatory issues of commercial banks and their role in financing the economy. He is also prepared to make comparisons related to the current U.S. economic situation and the Great Depression.

Simpson can also comment on the global economic and financial system to include his views on energy market developments, specifically the global petroleum market.

Simpson, a former member of the senior staff of the Federal Reserve Board, is an experienced media expert. He has consulted for the central banks of Russia and Iraq and is the author of "Money, Banking and Economic Analysis." He currently serves as an executive in residence with UNC Wilmington's Cameron School of Business.