Adriana Kugler

Adriana Kugler
Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Assumed office
September 13, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byLael Brainard
United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
In office
May 16, 2022 – September 13, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJennifer Nordquist
Succeeded byVacant
Chief Economist of the United States Department of Labor
In office
September 6, 2011 – January 4, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byBetsey Stevenson
Succeeded byJennifer Hunt
Personal details
Born (1969-10-23) October 23, 1969 (age 55)
Political partyDemocratic
EducationMcGill University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)

Adriana Debora Kugler is an American economist who serves as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.[1] She previously served as U.S. executive director at the World Bank, nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in April 2022. She is a professor of public policy at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy and is currently on leave from her tenured position at Georgetown.[2][3] She served as the Chief Economist to U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis from September 6, 2011 to January 4, 2013.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Adriana Kugler Confirmed as First Hispanic Fed Governor in Nearly 110-Year History". Bloomberg.com. September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Is uncertainty responsible for high unemployment?". May 11, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  3. ^ Announcement - Labor Department appoints CLAS Professor Adriana Kugler as Chief Economist "Labor Department Appoints Professor as Chief Economist". Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
  4. ^ Sandra Lilley (July 19, 2012). "Women's Wage Gap Is Big Economic Roadblock For Latinas, Says New Report". NBC Latino. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  5. ^ U.S. Department of Labor "Chief Economist — Adriana Kugler". Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2012.