Yellen, formerly an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, is the chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Back to Firsts ...

So what can we learn from a new biography of a remarkable pioneering woman economist—Janet ... Yellen’s accomplishments are staggering. She was the second woman to win tenure at UC Berkeley ...

Janet Yellen, the pioneering Jewish economist who ... economist George Akerlof taught at the University of California, Berkeley — became president of the Fed’s San Francisco branch.

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name Janet Yellen to lead the treasury department ... she was a professor at University of California, Berkeley. She is married to George Akerlof, a ...