Michael Barr (U.S. official)

Michael Barr
Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve for Supervision
Incumbent
Assumed office July 19, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Randal Quarles
Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Incumbent
Assumed office July 19, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Randal Quarles
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance
Acting
In office May 2009 – March 27, 2010
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Anthony Ryan (Acting)
Succeeded by	Jeffrey A. Goldstein
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions
In office May 2009 – January 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	David Nason
Succeeded by	Cyrus Amir-Mokri
Personal details
Born	1965 or 1966 (age 58–59)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Hannah Smotrich
Children	3
Education	Yale University (BA, JD) Magdalen College, Oxford (MPhil)

Michael S. Barr (born 1965 or 1966)^[1] is an American legal scholar who has been serving as second vice chair of the Federal Reserve for supervision since 2022. From 2009 to 2011, he was assistant secretary of the treasury for financial institutions under President Barack Obama. At the University of Michigan, he has been serving as faculty member since 2001, professor of law since 2006, professor of public policy since 2014.^[2][3]

Previously, Barr served as dean at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and faculty director of the University of Michigan's Center on Finance, Law, and Policy.^[4][5] Barr is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.