Brooklyn native Janet Yellen is first woman nominated to chair the Federal Reserve
President Barack Obama has nominated Brooklyn native and Fort Hamilton High School graduate Janet Yellen to follow Ben Bernanke as chair of the Federal Reserve Bank, making the announcement on Wednesday, October 9.
Yellen, 67, currently vice chair of the Federal Reserve, will be the first woman to lead the national bank.
But her illustrious career started right here in Brooklyn and Bay Ridge.