Sheila Bair
Sheila C. Bair (born April 3, 1954 ) is an American economist . She was from 2006 to 2011, the 19th chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Deposit Protection Fund of the United States .
She received her BA from the University of Kansas (1975) and a PhD from the University of Kansas School of Law (1978). Between 2001 and 2002, she served as Assistan Secretary in the US Treasury Department with responsibility for financial markets. From 2002 to 2006 she taught financial policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . She also works as a children's book author. After her five-year term, she left the FDIC in the summer of 2011; her successor was Martin J. Gruenberg .
The Forbes Magazine has named it the second most powerful woman in the world in 2008 and in 2009.
Web links
- Sheila Bair in the nndb (English)
- Profile on Forbes Magazine
Individual evidence
- ↑ USA Today : FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair leaving agency (May 9, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bair, Sheila |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bar, Sheila C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1954 |