Michael Barr (U.S. official)
Michael Barr | |
|---|---|
| Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve | |
| In office July 19, 2022 – February 28, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Randal Quarles |
| Succeeded by | Michelle Bowman |
| Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors | |
| Assumed office July 19, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| 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 | Michael Solomon Barr October 6, 1965 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Hannah Smotrich |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Yale University (BA, JD) Magdalen College, Oxford (MPhil) |
Michael Solomon Barr (born October 6, 1965) is an American legal scholar who has been serving as governor of the Federal Reserve since 2022. Barr served as second Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve from 2022 until 2025. 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, on leave while serving as governor of the Federal Reserve.
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. Barr is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.