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A Conversation
with Governor
Michael S. Barr.
Only at AU.
An Alan Meltzer speaker series event
A conversation on the harmful effects of weakening bank supervision for families, communities, businesses, and the economy.
Governor Michael S. Barr sits on the Federal Reserve Board and was previously vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve Board and has written extensively on bank regulatory and supervisory issues, and was also significantly involved in the writing of the Dodd-Frank Act, the major legislative response to the 2008 financial crisis.
Tuesday, November 18
10:30-11:30 AM ET
MGSC 128 OR Livestreamed
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Michael
S. Barr
Board of Governors, Member
Federal Reserve System
Michael S. Barr took office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on July 19, 2022, for an unexpired term ending January 31, 2032.
Mr. Barr served as the Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from July 19, 2022, to February 28, 2025. Prior to his appointment to the Board, Mr. Barr was the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, the Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, the Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, and the founder and faculty director of the University of Michigan's Center on Finance, Law & Policy. At the University of Michigan Law School, Mr. Barr taught financial regulation and international finance and co-founded the International Transactions Clinic and the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project.
Mr. Barr served as the U.S. Department of the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial institutions, 2009-2010. Under President William J. Clinton, he served as the Treasury Secretary's special assistant, as deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury, as special adviser to the President, and as a special adviser and counselor on the policy planning staff at the U.S. Department of State.
Additionally, Mr. Barr served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter during October Term 1993, and previously to the Honorable Pierre N. Leval, then of the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Barr received a BA in history from Yale University, an MPhil in international relations from Oxford University, and a JD from Yale Law School.