Now is the opportunity to break the glass ceiling in the banking industry for women by nominating the eminently qualified Janet Yellen as Fed Chairman.
Yellen served as chair of President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers from February 13, 1998 to 1999, and appointed as a member of the Fed's Board of Governors from 1994 to 1997. She has taught at Harvard University and the London School of Economics.
From June 14, 2004 until 2010 Yellen was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
In October, 2010, she was sworn in for a 4-year term as vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve System. In the interest of fairness, it is worth noting she appears to lean in favor of strong employment, and not as much towards anti-inflation.