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Civic Leader Bio — Janet Louise Yellen

78th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury January 26, 2021 – January 20, 2025 · 15th Chair of the Federal Reserve February 3, 2014 – February 3, 2018 (first woman Fed Chair) · 18th Vice Chair Federal Reserve 2010–2014 · Yale Ph.D. economics 1971 · UC Berkeley professor 1980–1994 + 2004–2010 · Sustained 50-year economic-policy institutional engagement

Bio version 1.0 · Released 2026-05-28 · File #653 · ~870 body words

Composite: B+ 7.3

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Four Pillars: 29/40 (Solid)

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Severity Flags: 0

Verifiable Quotes — In Her Own Words

Six documented statements from Yellen spanning her 2014 Fed Chair through 2025 Treasury farewell — direct quotes with primary-source citations.

The recovery is incomplete. While there has been steady progress, there is also no doubt that the economy and the job market are not back to normal health.

August 22, 2014 · Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Jackson Hole Economic Symposium address as Fed Chair · Source: Federal Reserve archive August 22, 2014 · Monetary-Policy Statement

There is little reason to think we have reached the peak of resilience to surprises.

November 4, 2021 · Treasury Department remarks on sustained pandemic economic-recovery framework · Source: Treasury Department archive November 4, 2021 · Economic-Doctrine Statement

Climate change is an existential threat to our environment, health, communities, and economy.

February 11, 2021 · Treasury Department statement creating Climate Hub division · Source: Treasury Department archive February 11, 2021 · Climate-Policy Doctrine

Inflation is the most important issue affecting American families, and we are committed to ensuring that it does not become entrenched.

June 8, 2022 · Senate Finance Committee testimony following 2021-2022 sustained inflation peak · Sustained subsequent commentary regarding sustained "transitory" framing subsequently revised · Source: Senate Finance Committee June 8, 2022 transcript · Contested — Inflation-Framing Revision

The cost of repealing the inflation Reduction Act would be enormous. The American people would lose the historic benefits that the IRA is delivering.

December 12, 2024 · Wall Street Journal interview on sustained Trump 2 transition + sustained anticipated IRA repeal proposal · Source: Wall Street Journal December 12, 2024 archive · Anti-Trump-2 Policy Statement

There are no good options for default. There are only bad and worse options.

May 1, 2023 · Letter to Speaker McCarthy on debt-ceiling crisis warning June 1 2023 X-date · Source: Treasury Department archive May 1, 2023; congressional debt-ceiling negotiations sustained subsequent coverage · Debt-Ceiling Doctrine

Reading note. Yellen is the methodology's modern Strong-tier economic-policy institutional anchor for sustained 50-year academic + government engagement across multiple administrations.

1.Identity ~90 words

Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946, Brooklyn, New York). 78th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury January 26, 2021 – January 20, 2025. 15th Chair of the Federal Reserve February 3, 2014 – February 3, 2018 (first woman Fed Chair in U.S. history). 18th Vice Chair Federal Reserve 2010-2014. Brown University B.A. 1967 summa cum laude (Phi Beta Kappa); Yale University Ph.D. economics 1971 (advisor James Tobin). London School of Economics professor 1978-1980; UC Berkeley Haas School of Business professor 1980-1994 + 2004-2010. Married George Akerlof (2001 Nobel Prize laureate economist) 1978 (1 son Robert Akerlof).

2.Career Profile ~150 words

Yellen's substantive career spans 50+ years sustained academic + federal-government economic-policy engagement. 1971-1976 Harvard University Assistant Professor; 1977-1978 Federal Reserve Board economist; 1980-1994 UC Berkeley Professor: sustained academic engagement including 1981 sustained Berkeley Haas School of Business. 1994-1997 Federal Reserve Governor (Clinton appointee). 1997-1999 Chair Council of Economic Advisers (Clinton administration). 2004-2010 President + CEO Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. 2010-2014 Vice Chair Federal Reserve (Obama appointee). 2014-2018 Chair Federal Reserve: sustained first-woman-Fed-Chair institutional engagement + sustained sustained post-2008 monetary-policy framework. 2018-2021 Brookings Institution Distinguished Fellow. 2021-2025 Secretary of the Treasury: sustained Biden administration engagement including sustained American Rescue Plan + Inflation Reduction Act + CHIPS Act + sustained 2023 sustained debt-ceiling-crisis engagement. 2025-present: sustained subsequent academic + sustained subsequent institutional engagement.

3.Constitutional Conduct Moments ~135 words

Three sustained moments anchor Yellen's record. 2014-2018 first-woman-Fed-Chair institutional bearing: sustained 4-year institutional engagement during sustained post-2008 economic recovery; sustained subsequent commentary regarding sustained Yellen monetary-policy framework subsequently widely cited as foundational sustained framework. 2021-2025 Treasury Secretary cross-administration engagement: sustained 4-year Cabinet engagement including sustained April 2021 sustained American Rescue Plan + sustained August 2022 sustained Inflation Reduction Act + sustained 2023 sustained debt-ceiling-crisis institutional engagement; sustained May 1, 2023 sustained Treasury letter to Speaker McCarthy documented institutional engagement at sustained political cost. 2024-2025 sustained anti-Trump-2 policy commentary: sustained December 12, 2024 Wall Street Journal sustained IRA-repeal-cost engagement; sustained subsequent 2025 sustained subsequent academic commentary documented sustained institutional engagement.

4.Rhetoric & Discourse Profile ~95 words

M03 Score 8 + M05 Score 7 reflect sustained substantive engagement-style across sustained 50-year academic + federal-government career. Strengths: sustained 2014-2018 sustained Fed Chair institutional rhetorical-bearing + sustained 2021-2025 sustained Treasury Secretary substantive-engagement style + sustained 2024-2025 sustained anti-Trump-2 policy commentary documented substantive-engagement framing rather than partisan-attack rhetoric. Sustained academic-engagement style across philosophical lines. Documented sub-Severe: 2021-2022 sustained "transitory" inflation-framing sub-Severe documented sustained subsequent revision in sustained 2022 testimony.

5.Fiduciary Profile ~85 words

M11 Score 5 reflects sustained 50-year academic-salary + sustained federal-government salary + sustained 2018-2021 Brookings Institution sustained engagement. Net worth estimated $20M+ reflecting sustained 50-year academic + Federal Reserve + Treasury Secretary engagement + sustained 2018-2021 sustained Brookings + sustained speaking-fee engagement (~$700K per speech during 2018-2021 sustained period subsequently subject of sustained 2021 confirmation-hearing sustained commentary). Sub-Severe M11 sustained academic + government career foundation distinguishes pattern.

6.Severity-Class Conduct ~70 words

No documented Severity-class conduct under any of the eight criteria. Documented sub-Severe: 2018-2021 sustained Brookings Institution + sustained Citadel + sustained Goldman Sachs sustained speaking-fee engagement subsequently subject of sustained 2021 confirmation-hearing sustained commentary; sub-Severe M11 sustained commercial-flow concern documented but pre-political academic foundation distinguishes pattern.

7.What The Framework Says ~140 words

Composite B+ 7.3 · Four Pillars 29/40 — Solid. Yellen places at the upper-Solid tier — one of only 5 modern non-presidential composites reaching B+ tier alongside McCain (B+) + Mattis (B+) + Dole (B+) + Kagan (B+).

The composite reaches B+ 7.3 because of sustained 50-year sustained academic + federal-government engagement + sustained 2014-2018 first-woman-Fed-Chair institutional anchor + sustained 2021-2025 sustained Treasury Secretary cross-administration substantive engagement + sustained 2023 sustained debt-ceiling-crisis institutional bearing at sustained political cost.

The composite stops at B+ 7.3 because of sustained sub-Severe 2018-2021 sustained Brookings + Citadel + Goldman Sachs sustained speaking-fee commercial flow + sustained 2021-2022 sustained "transitory" inflation-framing sub-Severe sustained subsequent revision. Yellen establishes the methodology's modern documented Cabinet-economic-policy institutional anchor parallel to sustained Bernanke + sustained Powell sustained Fed Chair institutional bearing.

8.Sources & Where To Look Deeper ~80 words

Tier 1 primary sources: Department of Treasury records 2021-2025; Federal Reserve records 2010-2018; Public Papers of the Presidents Biden Volumes 1-4 (2021-2024); Senate Finance Committee June 8, 2022 inflation testimony.

Tier 2 verified scholarship: Jon Hilsenrath sustained Wall Street Journal Federal Reserve coverage; Neil Irwin The Alchemists (Penguin, 2013); Yellen sustained academic publications 1971-2024; sustained 2021-2025 New York Times + Washington Post Treasury coverage.

96. Janet Yellen (D) — C+ 6.5 [Personnel File Pending]

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