lisa d cook : hope, promise, and mentors speech by ms lisa d cook, member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system, at the samuel dubois cook center career achievement awards ceremony, the university club, washington dc, 1 april 2024. * * * thank you, dr. darity, for your kind introduction. i am profoundly moved to be surrounded by family and friends, and it gives me another opportunity to tell all of you that i would not be where i am today without your support. i include in that circle my fellow award recipients today, drs. cecilia rouse and peter blair henry. i am beyond humbled and honored to receive this career achievement award from the samuel dubois cook center on social equity at duke university, and i am inspired by what it represents. of course, to me, samuel dubois cook was simply " uncle sam. " my uncle sam was a korean war veteran, a political theorist, an activist, and the first african american tenured professor at duke and any major southern university. he then went on to become president of dillard university... the list goes on and on. now that was a lifetime of achievement. at morehouse college, uncle sam was a classmate of a young man named martin luther king, jr. before that, they picked tobacco together during the summer to earn the money they needed for their studies. uncle sam led the campus chapter of the naacp at morehouse and went on to become student body president ( twice ) and valedictorian. along with my mother mary murray cook, his brother and my dad rev. payton brailsford cook, my cousin and civil rights leader floyd mckissick, sr., and a host of other relatives, he instilled in me the deep belief of the civil rights movement that with faith, preparation, and great effort, things could and would be better. when i was beaten and suffered verbal assaults while desegregating my schools in georgia, i drew strength from the example set by my uncle, my aunts, my parents, and by dr. king and their conviction that there is great hope and promise in the world. it was - and remains - the duty of everyone in and who embraced and was inspired by the civil rights movement to make good on that hope and promise and to build a better future. i mentioned great effort. that was always paramount for my uncle sam. the new york times quoted his advice : " have a vision

the balance of risks shifts between the need to support growth and the duty to safeguard financial and price stability, monetary policy stance will have to be adjusted accordingly. the bank of thailand stands ready to employ the right mix of policy tools under its purview to attain these goals. ladies and gentlemen, i believe that a balanced and judicious use of monetary policy tool has and will continue to play a critical role for ensuring long - term macroeconomic and financial stability. as always, the bank of thailand will strive to create a stable economic environment in which businesses can prosper on a sustainable basis, so that thailand will continue to be the destination of choice by long - term investors. let me close my remark by thanking the netherlands business community for the substantial contribution to the thai economy. i hope that the relationship between our two nations will continue to flourish. thank you. bis central bankers ’ speeches