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Sarah Bloom Raskin 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Incumbent Assumed office
October 4, 2010Nominated by Barack Obama Maryland Commissioner of Financial Regulation In office
2007 – October 4, 2010Personal details Born April 15, 1961
Medford, MassachusettsNationality American Alma mater Amherst College (B.A.)
Harvard Law School(J.D.)Sarah Bloom Raskin (Born April 1961) is an American attorney and regulator, who is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Previously, she served as Maryland Commissioner of Financial Regulation.
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Early life and education
Raskin holds a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in economics from Amherst College, where she wrote her undergraduate thesis on monetary policy.[1]
Career
Raskin was nominated to the Federal Reserve Board by President Barack Obama, along with Dr. Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to be the board's vice chairman, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor Peter A. Diamond.[1]
Raskin and Yellen were unanimously confirmed as a Federal Reserve Board governor by the United States Senate on September 30, 2010.[2] On October 4, 2010, both were sworn in by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.[3]
Personal life
Raskin is married to Jamie Raskin, a law professor and Democratic Maryland state senator. They have three teenage children.
References
- ^ a b Reddy, Sudeep (April 29, 2010), "Obama Nominates Yellen, Raskin, Diamond to Fed Board", Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704302304575213850582215096.html.
- ^ Business news in brief Two confirmed to Fed board; BP updates safety practices; earnings reports KansasCity.com, September 29, 2010 (October 9, 2010)
- ^ Fed Press Release federalreserve.gov, October 4, 2010 (October 9, 2010)
External links
The Federal Reserve System of the United States Federal Reserve Governors Ben Bernanke (chairman) • Janet Yellen (vice-chairman) • Elizabeth A. Duke • Daniel Tarullo • Sarah Bloom Raskin • Vacant • Vacant
Federal Reserve Presidents Eric S. Rosengren (Boston) • William C. Dudley (New York) • Charles Plosser (Philadelphia) • Sandra Pianalto (Cleveland) • Jeffrey M. Lacker (Richmond) • Dennis P. Lockhart (Atlanta) • Charles L. Evans (Chicago) • James B. Bullard (St. Louis) • Narayana Kocherlakota (Minneapolis) • Thomas M. Hoenig (Kansas City) • Richard W. Fisher (Dallas) • John C. Williams (San Francisco)Categories:- Living people
- Amherst College alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Maryland lawyers
- Federal Reserve System governors
- 1961 births
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