Roger W. Ferguson Jr.

Roger Ferguson
17th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve
In office
October 5, 1999 – April 28, 2006
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byAlice Rivlin
Succeeded byDonald Kohn
Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
In office
November 5, 1997 – April 28, 2006
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byLawrence Lindsey
Succeeded byFrederic Mishkin
Personal details
Born (1951-10-28) October 28, 1951 (age 73)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseAnnette Nazareth
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD, PhD)
Pembroke College, Cambridge

Roger W. Ferguson Jr. (born October 28, 1951, in Washington, D.C.) is an American economist, attorney and corporate executive who served as the 17th vice chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1999 to 2006. Prior to his term as vice chairman, Ferguson served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, taking office in 1997. He was the first African-American vice chairman. After leaving the Fed, he served as president and CEO of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) from 2008 to 2021. Ferguson has also been appointed to the board of directors of several companies including Alphabet.[1]

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