Sheila Bair

Sheila Bair served as the 19th Chair of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from 2006 until 2011, and was named by Forbes as the 2nd Most Powerful Woman in the World both in 2008 & 2009 for her prominent role in repairing the 2008 U.S. Financial Crisis. Before her appointment to the FDIC, Ms. Bair was the Dean's Professor of Financial Regulatory Policy for the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.