Betsy Duke | |
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Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors | |
In office August 5, 2008 –August 31, 2013 | |
President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Susan Bies |
Succeeded by | Lael Brainard |
Personal details | |
Born | Elizabeth Ashburn Duke July 23,1952 Portsmouth,Virginia,U.S. |
Political party | Independent |
Education | North Carolina State University University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill (BFA) Old Dominion University (MBA) |
Betsy Duke (born Elizabeth Ashburn Duke;July 23,1952) [1] is an American bank executive who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 2008 to 2013. Duke was confirmed by the Senate to fill an unexpired term ending January 31,2012. She was the seventh woman to be appointed to the board. In July 2013,she announced her resignation from the board.
On January 1,2018,she became the Chair of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo,having served as Vice-Chair from October 12,2016. [2] [3]
Elizabeth Ashburn Duke was born in Portsmouth,Virginia,and grew up in Virginia Beach,Virginia. She first studied physics at North Carolina State University before transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,where she graduated with a bachelor of fine arts in drama in 1974. She later graduated with an M.B.A. from Old Dominion University. [4] After graduating,she worked as a part-time teller at First and Merchants National Bank in Virginia Beach because she "needed a job." [5]
In 1977,Duke became the vice president and chief financial officer of the Bank of Virginia Beach. While working full-time,she attended Old Dominion University part-time and received her MBA in 1983. She transferred to the Bank of Tidewater in 1985 as vice president and chief financial officer. She became its president in 1987 and chief executive officer in 1991. She was selected as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in 1998. In 1999,she was elected president of the Virginia Bankers Association.
Duke remained as president and CEO of Bank of Tidewater until it was acquired by SouthTrust in 2001. SouthTrust made her executive vice president of community bank development. When Wachovia acquired SouthTrust in 2004,Duke remained an executive VP,but in charge of the merger project office.
She was elected chairman of the American Bankers Association for the 2004-05 year. In 2005,she became senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of TowneBank. She was nominated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve by President George W. Bush on May 15,2007. On July 11,2013,Duke announced her resignation from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve effective August 31,2013. [6]
Duke was elected Vice Chair of Wells Fargo's Board of Directors in October 2016. On August 15,2017,Duke was elected to succeed Wells Fargo current chairman,Stephen Sanger,on January 1,2018,making the former Federal Reserve governor the first woman to hold the top board role at one of the nation's largest banks.
On March 9,2020,Duke announced her resignation from the Wells Fargo Board. [7]
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