Lisa Cook | |
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| Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors | |
| Assumed office May 23, 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Janet Yellen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Education | Spelman College (BA) St Hilda's College, Oxford (BA) Cheikh Anta Diop University (MA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Website | Official website |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Michigan State University |
| Field | Macroeconomics Economic history |
| Doctoral advisor | Barry Eichengreen David Romer |
| Awards | Truman Scholar (1984) Marshall Scholar (1986) |
Lisa DeNell Cook is an American economist who has served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since May 23, 2022. She is the first African American woman and first woman of color to sit on the Board. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve, she was elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.[1]
Cook was previously a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University and a member of the American Economic Association's Executive Committee.[2] An authority on international economics, especially the Russian economy, she has been involved in advising policymakers from the Obama Administration to the Nigerian and Rwandan governments. Her research is at the intersection of macroeconomics and economic history, with recent work in African-American history and innovation economics.[3][4] Cook is regarded as one of the few prominent black female economists and has attracted attention within academia for her efforts in mentoring black women and advocating for their inclusion in the field of economics.[5]
On January 14, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Cook to serve as Federal Reserve governor;[6] she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 10, and took office on May 23, 2022.[7]
- ^ Ward, Kim (January 12, 2022). "MSU's Lisa Cook elected to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago board". MSUToday. Michigan State University. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "American Economic Association". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
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- ^ Casselman, Ben; Tankersley, Jim (June 10, 2020). "Economics, dominated by white men, is roiled by Black Lives Matter". The New York Times.
- ^ Franck, Thomas (January 14, 2022). "Biden to nominate Sarah Bloom Raskin as vice chair for supervision at Fed; Lisa Cook and Philip Jefferson as governors". CNBC. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ Lane, Sylvan (May 23, 2022). "Biden's Fed nominees sworn into office". The Hill. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
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