SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve, long criticized for being too white and male, crossed a substantial milestone last year: for the first time in its 107-year history, white men held fewer than half of board seats at the Fed’s 12 regional outposts.
They matter because the boards, or more precisely the two-thirds of directors who are not bankers, hire Fed bank presidents. Six of each nine-member board are supposed to represent the public and are often local leaders in business, education or labor, with three appointed by the Fed’s Washington-based Board of Governors and three by local bankers.
“Once you realize that people at high levels in an organization can be perfectly good board members for you, that does increase the pool of candidates,” said Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester, whose bank has made some of the biggest strides in diversity in the past five years.It also took leadership at the board level.
Yellen and other senior Fed officials also point out that academic research shows that mixed-gender and mixed-race groups make better decisions. Strict retirement rules mean that over the next couple of years, at least three more regional banks will need to find new leaders.
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America is a great country, no matter the odds... Not even because of it's president but basically as a result of the American People..
diversity is just anti white
Diversity, where we judge someone based on their gender and skin colour. Doesn’t sound sexist or racist at all.
Diversity always leads to a strong representation of the whole especially if they share a common goal. NoH8 business entrepreneurship banking investing
Blonde white woman swallows hard for diversity. She literally looks like she's in pain having to say this.
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Is there any other race/gender that is systematically removed from employment and government representation other than white men? This is a national disgrace.
What the fuck!? How is this not racist and sexist? WTF is going on here? This is ethnic cleansing!
Merit diversity.
PROGRESSSSSS
So insted of monolithic tyranny we get diverse tyranny. I feel much better now.
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