RIEF is organized under five teams. Board of Directors, Academic Coordinator, Directors for every research initiative, Scholars associated with research initiatives, and Research Assistants. The Board of Directors is the head of RIEF.
Executive Director (RIEF’s Founder) – Hamilton Galindo
I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at Cleveland State University and hold a Ph.D. in Finance from Arizona State University. My research is at the intersection of macroeconomics and finance, focusing on monetary policy, corporate finance, and heterogeneous agents in asset pricing. I am also the founder of the Research Institute in Economics and Finance (RIEF).
Director of Research in Economics – Diego Ascarza
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Government and Public Transformation at Tecnologico de Monterrey. I got my PhD. in Economics from the University of Minnesota in Spring 2024.
Director of Research in Applied Economics– Muchin Bazan
I am a Health Economist and PE fellow at CDC. I hold a Ph.D.in Economics from Virginia Tech. My primary fields are Economics of Education, Development Economics, and Experimental Economics, and I have been RIEF’s Director of Summer School in Economics and Finance since July 2022.
Director of Research in Finance – Renato Lazo
I hold a Ph.D. in Finance at the University of Ottawa. My research interests center around empirical asset pricing, institutional investors, and portfolio management, and I have been RIEF’s Director of Research in Economics since May 2022.
Director of Summer School in Economics and Finance – Liu Mendoza
I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from Houston University. My research interest is in Macroeconomics, and I have been RIEF’s Director of Research in Economics since May 2021.