Milledgeville native, Lisa D. Cook is making history.
The United States Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s nomination of Lisa DeNell Cook to the Federal Reserve Board.
Cook is the first Black woman to serve on the body that oversees U.S. monetary policy and the nation’s 12 federal reserve banks.
Vice President Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote to break a 50-50 party-line tie in the Senate.
Cook is a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University.
