Jerome H. ‘Jay’ Powell

November 2, 2017 Leadership 0

INFO, BACKGROUND ON JEROME H. 'Jay' POWELL

BIRTH DATE	February, 1953
POSITION	Chair, Federal Reserve Board (confirmed by Senate: Jan. 23, 2018); renominated for four-year term ending in 2026 (Nov. 22, 2021)
EDUCATION	A.B. (politics), Princeton University (1975) J.D., Georgetown University (1979); editor-in-chief, Georgetown Law Journal
EXPERIENCE	Government: 2012 to present: member, Federal Reserve Board September, 1990 to January, 1993: Assistant Treasury Secretary, financial institutions; Treasury Undersecretary, domestic finance Other 1979 to 1990: Dillon, Read & Co. (New York, NY; left for Treasury position as senior vice president) 1997 to 2005: Carlyle Group (partner) 2005-12: Bipartisan Policy Center (visiting scholar), Washington, D.C.

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