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Jerome Powell Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: Washington, DC
Father: Jerome Powell, attorney
Marriage: Elissa (Leonard) Powell (1985-present)
Children: Samuel; Lucy; Susie
Other Facts
Timeline
1984-1990 – Works at the investment bank Dillon, Read & Co.
1990-1993 – Assistant Secretary and then Under Secretary of the Treasury for Finance, under US President George H. W. Bush.
2010-2012 – Visiting scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.
May 25, 2012-present – Serves on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Reappointed and sworn in on June 16, 2014, for a 14-year term ending January 31, 2028.