Jerome H. "Jay" Powell (born February 1953) is a governor of the Federal Reserve. He took office on May 25, 2012, to fill an unexpired term. He was reappointed and sworn in on June 16, 2014, for a term ending January 31, 2028.Jerome H. Powell was born in February 1953 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in 1971, received an A.B. in politics from Princeton University in 1975 and earned a law degree from Georgetown University in 1979. While at Georgetown, he was editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Law Journal. He is married with three children. Wikipedia