Sheila Bair Banking Supervision to adopt strong capital and leverage standards. In a fictional TV movie about the crises, Patricia Randell played Bair in the 2011 HBO movie "Too Big to Fail", based on the popular book of the same name by "New York Times" journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin. In 2009, Bair was named one of "Time" magazine's "Time 100" most influential people. In 2008, Bair topped "The Wall Street Journal's" annual 50 "Women to Watch List." In 2008 and 2009, "Forbes" ranked her as the second most powerful woman in the world behind German chancellor Angela Merkel. "Forbes" described her FDIC
Barbara J. Desoer Desoer was recognized by "US Banker", ranking second in their annual ranking of "25 Most Powerful Women in Banking." She was also recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" and ranked third on The Wall Street Journal's "50 women to watch" list. In 2007, she was named "Business Leader of the Year" by the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. In 2009, Forbes named her one of the 100 most powerful women in the world. She received her B.A. in mathematics from Mount Holyoke College in 1974 and