Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen is an economist and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She is currently on leave from her position as a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Haas School of Business - University of California, Berkeley

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Dr. Yellen holds a B.A. in economics from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University. She was awarded an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters by Bard College and Laws by Brown University. Since 1980, she has been conducting research at the Haas School and teaching macroeconomics to full-time and part-time MBA students. Twice she has been awarded the Haas School's outstanding teaching award. In addition, she served as chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 1999, and was a member of the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors from 1994 to 1997. She has taught at Harvard University and at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Yellen serves as president of the Western Economic Association International and vice president of the American Economic Association. She is a fellow of the Yale Corporation.

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Brown University - Yale University - Bard College - Council of Economic Advisers - Federal Reserve System - Harvard University - London School of Economics and Political Science - American Economic Association

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She is married to George Akerlof, a Nobel prize-winning economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

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