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17 people have led the Federal Reserve Board since 1914. Kevin Warsh has been chair since 22 May 2026, succeeding Jerome Powell.
Since 1951 there have been only nine: Martin, Burns, Miller, Volcker, Greenspan, Bernanke, Yellen, Powell, Warsh.
Before the Banking Act of 1935 the Board's head was titled governor; these six led it from its founding into the Great Depression.
Eccles led the Fed into its 1935 structure; McCabe and Martin served either side of the 1951 Treasury-Fed Accord.
Three chairs through the Great Inflation of 1965-82, ending with the chair appointed in 1979 to bring inflation down.
Five chairs since 1987, through the global financial crisis, including the first woman to chair the Fed and the incumbent.
Can you name them all?
Test yourself17 people have led the Federal Reserve Board since 1914. Kevin Warsh has been chair since 22 May 2026, succeeding Jerome Powell.
Charles Hamlin, W. P. G. Harding, Daniel Crissinger, Roy Young, Eugene Meyer, Eugene Black, Marriner Eccles, Thomas McCabe, William McChesney Martin, Arthur Burns, G. William Miller, Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell and Kevin Warsh.
Since 1951 there have been only nine: Martin, Burns, Miller, Volcker, Greenspan, Bernanke, Yellen, Powell, Warsh.
Kevin Warsh. He was sworn in on 22 May 2026, and his term as chair ends on 21 May 2030. Jerome Powell, his predecessor, stayed on the Board as a governor.
Janet Yellen, chair from 2014 to 2018.
Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them Federal Reserve Board, on 2 October 2026. Next review by 2 October 2027.
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