Lisa Cook

Lisa Cook

Lisa DeNell Cook is an American economist who was sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 2022. She is the first black woman to sit on the board. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, she was elected in January 2022 to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She was also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. 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. 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.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Born:  Lisa Denell Cook
• Education:  Spelman College (Ba), St Hilda's College, Oxford (Ba), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Ma), University Of California, Berkeley (Phd)
• Civilian awards:  Truman Scholar (1984), Marshall Scholar (1986)
• President:  Joe Biden, Donald Trump
• Preceded by:  Janet Yellen
• Born:  30 November 1963
• Wikidata description:  American Economist (1964-)
• Wikidata label:  Lisa D. Cook
• Wikidata aliases:  Lisa D. Cook, Lisa Cook, Lisa Denell Cook, Dr. Lisa D. Cook, Dr. Lisa Cook, Dr. Cook, Governor Lisa Cook, Governor Cook

• Related Topics:  Innovation Economists, Federal Reserve System Governors, Alumni Of St Hilda's College, Oxford, Spelman College Alumni, Marshall Scholars, American Women Economists, Michigan State University Faculty