She's been called one of the most powerful woman in the world, right behind Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. University of Kansas alumna and Independence, Kansas, native Sheila Bair has been the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation since 2005, and has been a calm, steady voice for stronger regulation of financial institutions. Bair gave the 2010 Dole Lecture at the University of Kansas Dole Institute of Politics earlier this month. You can hear about her days at KU, her early career, her unsuccessful run for Congress, and her vision for the troubled financial industry at 8:00 Sunday evening on KPR Presents.
Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition Saturday, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, and To the Best of Our Knowledge. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.