Janet Yellen Fast Facts Personal Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Janet Louise Yellen Father: Julius Yellen, doctor Other Facts Her expertise is in macroeconomics and the mechanisms of unemployment. Timeline 1977-1978 1978-1980 – Lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 1980 1994-1997 1997-1999 – Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, appointed by US President Bill Clinton. 1997-1999 – Chair of the Economic Policy Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. June 2001 – “The Fabulous Decade: Macroeconomic Lessons from the 1990s,” a book co-written by Yellen and Alan S. Blinder, is published. June 14, 2004 – Becomes president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Serves until 2010.