Hali Edison works with the Institute for Capacity Development at the International Monetary Fund. She has been working with IMF in different capacities since September 2000. She has also served on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System between September 1982 and April 2002. She was a Special Advisor to the Undersecretary for International Affairs at the US Department of Treasury. She has also taught at Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland.