Read about Michelle Bowman net worth, age, husband, children, height, family, parents, salary, and attorney career as well as other information you need to know.
Introduction
Michelle Bowman is an American attorney who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2018. She is the first person to fill the community bank seat on the board, a seat created by a 2015 law. Previously, Bowman was the Kansas banking commissioner, from January 2017 through November 2018. She also held senior staff positions at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Homeland Security during the George W. Bush administration.
Early life
Name | Michelle Bowman |
Net Worth | $4 million |
Occupation | Attorney |
Age | 51 years |
Height | 1.68m |
Michelle White “Miki” Bowman was born on May 25, 1971 (age 51 years) in Hawaii, United States. When she was young, her family moved frequently, because of her father’s career in the U.S. Air Force. She lived much of her youth in Illinois, near St. Louis, and graduated from high school in Council Grove, Kansas. Bowman graduated from the University of Kansas in Lawrence with a Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising and Journalism. She then earned a Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, graduating in 1996.
Career
Michelle Bowman worked as an intern for Senator Bob Dole from 1995 to 1996. Between 1997 and 2002, she served as a counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and then to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
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Bowman was appointed in 2002 by President George W. Bush as Director of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); in 2003, when the Department of Homeland Security was established, she became a Deputy Assistant Secretary and Policy Advisor to Secretary Tom Ridge.
She returned to the U.S. in 2010, joining the Farmers & Drovers Bank, her family’s bank, as vice president, where she served as a director, compliance officer, and trust officer. The bank had assets of $181 million in 2017. Bowman left the bank to become the Kansas banking commissioner on January 31, 2017, after being nominated by Kansas Governor Sam Brownback in late 2016.
In November 2017, it was reported that President Donald Trump was considering nominating Michelle Bowman to fill a long-open seat on the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors. In April 2018, the White House announced that Trump would nominate Bowman to fill the fourteen-year term of Stanley Fischer, which expired on January 31, 2020, as well as to occupy the seat on the Board that represents community banks.
In November 2018 Michelle Bowman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 64 to 34. On April 2, 2019, the White House announced that Trump planned to nominate Bowman to a full 14-year term on the Federal Reserve Board when her current term expires in January 2020.
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Michelle Bowman net worth
How much is Michelle Bowman worth? Michelle Bowman net worth is estimated at around $4 million. Her main source of income is from her primary work as an attorney and business executive. Michelle Bowman’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $1.2 million dollars annually. Her remarkable achievements have earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. She is one of the richest and most influential attorneys in the United States.