AdvertisementSenate Confirms Janet Yellen As Federal Reserve ChairJanuary 06, 2014Bill ChappellfacebookEmailThe Senate has approved Janet Yellen as the next head of the Federal Reserve. At a ceremony commemorating the Fed's centennial last month, Yellen sat with (from left-to-right) former chairmen Paul Volker and Alan Greenspan, and current Fed leader Ben Bernanke. (Getty Images)