Susan Collins Takes Office as Boston Fed Chief, Making History

  • She becomes the first Black woman to lead a regional Fed bank
  • Collins votes in monetary policy decisions this year
Susan Collins

Photographer: Peter Davis/Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Susan Collins officially took office Friday as the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, making history in becoming the first Black woman to lead a regional Fed bank.

Collins comes from the University of Michigan, where she worked for 15 years, serving most recently as provost and previously as dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.