Senate confirms Federal Reserve's first Latina governor in its 109-year history
Kugler, 53, an expert on labor and international economics, is the World Bank's group executive director for the U.S. She took a leave from Georgetown University, where she has been a professor of public policy and economics since 2010 and has also been vice provost.
Kugler was the Labor Department’s chief economist from September 2011 to January 2013 during the Obama administration.
Gomez is a telecommunications attorney with extensive experience in domestic and international communications law and policy, according to a White House biography. She has held several positions at the FCC, as well.
Gomez was born in Orlando, Florida, and spent her childhood in Bogota, Colombia, until her family moved to New Jersey, the White House has said. She attended Pennsylvania State University and George Washington University Law School
