31 Facts About Kevin Warsh

Kevin Warsh is currently is the Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, a scholar and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a member of the Group of Thirty, a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers of the Congressional Budget Office, and a former steering committee member of the Bilderberg Group.

Kevin Warsh has conducted research in the field of economics and finance, and has advised several private and public companies.

Kevin Warsh was born in Albany, New York, the youngest of three children of Judith and Robert Kevin Warsh.

Kevin Warsh was raised in nearby in Loudonville, New York and graduated from Shaker High School in Latham.

Kevin Warsh received an Bachelor of Arts in public policy from Stanford University in 1992 with a concentration in economics and political science.

Kevin Warsh took coursework in market economics and debt capital markets at MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School.

From 1995 to 2002, Kevin Warsh worked for Morgan Stanley in New York City, rising to executive director in the company's mergers and acquisitions department.

From 2002 to 2006, Kevin Warsh was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and Executive Secretary of the National Economic Council.

Kevin Warsh advised the President and senior administration officials on issues related to the US economy, particularly fund flows in the capital markets, securities, banking, and insurance issues.

Kevin Warsh participated in the President's Working Group on Financial Markets and served as the administration's chief liaison to the independent financial regulatory agencies.

Kevin Warsh's nomination drew some criticism, based on his age and inexperience.

At 35 years old, Kevin Warsh was the youngest appointment in the history of the Federal Reserve.

Kevin Warsh took office on February 24,2006, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31,2018.

Kevin Warsh's first meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's policymaking body, was in March 2006.

In March 2007 - less than a year before the rescue of Bear Stearns - Governor Kevin Warsh spoke about market liquidity:.

Kevin Warsh played a significant role in navigating the financial market turmoil of 2007 and 2008.

Kevin Warsh was tasked by Bernanke to help devise a financial reform program to mitigate the risks of future trouble.

Kevin Warsh led a committee of Board members and Reserve Bank presidents that laid out some key principles.

Kevin Warsh's committee considered a more explicitly 'macroprudential' or system-wide, approach to supervision and regulation.

At the November 2010 FOMC meeting, Kevin Warsh was extremely skeptical of the Fed's plan to generate economic activity and jobs by trying to lower long-term interest rates.

Kevin Warsh was one of my closest advisers and confidants, and his help, especially during the height of the crisis in the fall of 2008, had been invaluable.

Kevin Warsh had supported the first round of securities purchases, begun in the midst of the crisis.

Kevin Warsh argued that monetary policy alone could not solve the economy's problems, and he called for tax and regulatory reforms aimed at increasing productivity and longer-term growth.

Kevin Warsh had always participated candidly and constructively, as a team player, in our deliberations.

Kevin Warsh would leave the Board three months later, but not because of any policy disagreement.

Kevin Warsh announced his intent to resign from the Board in a letter sent to President Obama on February 10,2011, effective around or on March 31,2011.

Kevin Warsh is the Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, and a scholar and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Kevin Warsh is a member of the board of directors at UPS and is an advisory board member for Rubicon Global.

In December 2016, Kevin Warsh joined a business forum assembled by then president-elect Donald Trump to provide strategic and policy advice on economic issues.

In 2002, Kevin Warsh married Jane Lauder, a granddaughter and heiress of Estee Lauder and long-time employee of the family business, the Estee Lauder company.

In 2009, Kevin Warsh was named to Fortune Magazine's "40 under 40".