NAWBO has signed on to a letter supporting Lisa Cook and Phillip Jefferson to be confirmed to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. If confirmed, the two would be two of only five African American Fed governors in the central bank’s 108-year history, and the first since 2006. Additionally, NAWBO sent a letter along with partner Gusto to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration regarding the disbursement of funds included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. Read the letters here and here.
