Sarah Bloom Raskin

Sarah Bloom Raskin (born April 15, 1961) is an American attorney and financial markets policymaker who served as the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 2014 to 2017.

[8] Raskin and Yellen were unanimously confirmed as Federal Reserve Board governors by the United States Senate on September 30, 2010.

[13] As a member of the Federal Reserve Board, Raskin gained a reputation as someone focused on consumer protection and income inequality.

[11] On July 31, 2013, President Barack Obama announced that he would nominate Raskin to the second-in-command position of deputy secretary at the United States Department of the Treasury.

While serving her term, Raskin had a special focus on the macroeconomic impact of student loan borrowing and cyber security.

[17] During the 2017–2018 academic year, Raskin was a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

[19] On January 14, 2022, Raskin was nominated by the Biden administration to serve as vice chairwoman for banking supervision at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

[23] On March 14, Democratic senator Joe Manchin indicated that he would not support Raskin's nomination, which was seen as "potentially dooming her chances for confirmation".

On December 31, 2020, Raskin's office announced that their son Thomas (Tommy), a graduate of Amherst College and a second-year student at Harvard Law School, died at the age of 25.