Robert DiChiara

Robert M. DiChiara is the regional manager of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s (FDIC’s) Division of Insurance and Research New York Office. He directs research of economic and banking conditions in the Northeast. He also is head of the FDIC’s commercial real estate analytics team, which analyzes macro issues in the commercial real estate industry and has written analysis for FDIC publications such as the Annual Risk Review and the 2020 Community Bank Study. DiChiara has served in various roles with the FDIC, including as assistant director for research, during which he oversaw teams responsible for the Northeast, Southeast, and West Coast regions; as a senior large bank analyst, and as an FDIC University instructor for bank analysis and leadership. DiChiara graduated magna cum laude from Boston College with a Bachelor of Science in finance and has a MBA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He also is a graduate of the American Bankers Association Graduate School of Banking.