Lisa Cook
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Lisa DeNell Cook is an American economist who was sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 2022. She is the first black woman to sit on the board. Before her appointment to th
Official portrait, 2022
Cook sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors by Jerome Powell in May 2022
Cheikh Anta Diop University
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Cheikh Anta Diop University, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop and has an enrollment of over 60,000.
Lisa Cook
…Marshall Scholar where she earned another B.A. in philosophy, politics and economics in 1988. She took courses towards a master's degree in philosophy at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal. After a mountain climbing trip on Mount Kilimanjaro with an economist, Cook began to seriously consider pursuing a PhD in economics. She…
Cheikh Anta Diop University campus, 1967. The original library building at center.
Cheikh Anta Diop University library building, showing additions, 2005.