Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lisa Cook gives keynote address at GCSU commencements
Governor Cook is the first Black woman and fourth native-born Georgian to serve on the Federal Reserve Board in its 111-year history.
- Governor Cook is the first Black woman and fourth native-born Georgian to serve on the Federal Reserve Board in its 111-year history.
- Cook's mother, the late Mary Cook, was the first Black tenured faculty member in Georgia College's School of Nursing , where she taught 17 years.
- Payton Cook, was a chaplain of Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, where a building now bears his name.
- Her father led numerous Baldwin County community organizations and served on the university's Foundation Board .