A Milledgeville native may make history as the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board.
In January, President Joe Biden nominated Dr. Lisa DeNell Cook to the body that oversees U.S. monetary policy and the nation’s 12 federal reserve banks.
Cook is a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University.
As an academic, Cook’s research includes economic growth and development, innovation, financial institutions and markets and economic history. Her past teaching positions include time at Harvard and Stanford universities.
