Heidi Kaplan is a senior community development analyst for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. She is the Community Development team’s subject matter expert on human capital and workforce development. In this role, she conducts research, monitors emerging issues, and briefs the Board’s leadership on labor market issues that pertain to low- and moderate-income persons and communities. Kaplan’s responsibilities have included the Board’s publication “Experience and Perspectives of Young Workers.”rnrnPrior to joining the Board, she served as a research advisor at the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, where she was responsible for collecting data used for both compliance and research purposes.