Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board: the Full List
His advisers range from Warren Buffet to Google CEO Erik Schmidt
Preparing to inherit a deep economic and financial crisis, President-elect Barack Obama is meeting today with members of his economic advisory team.
His advisers range from mega-investor Warren Buffett to Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
The full membership of Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board is:
- David Bonior (member of House of Representatives, 1977-2003)
- Warren Buffett (chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway)
- Roel Campos (former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission)
- William Daley (Midwest chairman of JPMorgan Chase; secretary of commerce, 1997-2000)
- William Donaldson (chairman of the SEC, 2003-2005)
- Roger Ferguson (president and CEO of TIAA-CREF; former vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve)
- Jennifer Granholm (governor of Michigan)
- Anne Mulcahy (chairman and CEO of Xerox)
- Richard Parsons (chairman of the board of Time Warner)
- Penny Pritzker (CEO of Classic Residence by Hyatt)
- Robert Reich (professor at the University of California-Berkeley; secretary of labor, 1993-1997)
- Robert Rubin (chairman and director of the Executive Committee at Citigroup; secretary of the Treasury, 1995-1999)
- Eric Schmidt (chairman and CEO of Google)
- Lawrence Summers (professor at Harvard University; managing director at D. E. Shaw; secretary of the Treasury, 1999-2001)
- Laura Tyson (professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley; chairman of the National Economic Council, 1995-1996; chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1993-1995)
- Antonio Villaraigosa (mayor of Los Angeles)
- Paul Volcker (chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, 1979-1987)
Reader Comments
Detroit's dilemma
The Gordon Proposal: Suppose the Federal government issued a purchase order to the big three auto companies for say 500,000, cars, 50,000 school busses and 50,000 postal trucks to be delivered in 2 years. The price would be, say, 12 billion dollars. The cars and busses would be specified as electric plug-in's and multi-fuel hybrids, light, efficient, and would in fact define the next generation. This would not be a give-away, but a purchase. There is an enormous difference. The cars, once delivered would be used by the Federal government to replace its existing fleet, and donated or sold at cost to states and municipalities. They in turn would raise the money for their purchases by auctioning their low mileage but now obsolete fleet to the public who would benefit from the low costs of these vehicles. In the meantime the auto companies, with the new designs and tooling in place would have a jump start on offering the public advanced eco-designs.
Management Consultant Team
Sir, it sounds a good team. Perhaps the other candidate which is prefer to management such as Peter F. Drucker, Michael Porter could be worth as Obama's administration advisers.
WHO IS SPEAKING FOR THE WORKING MAN?
PRESIDENT OBAMA
WHO IS SEPAKING FOR THE WORKING MAN HERE? YOUR ADVISORS ARE TEE VERY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOUGING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC EG TIME WARNER CABLE. AND BANKS WHO ARE GOINGING EPEOPLE WITH FEES.
THESE ADVISORS ARE AS OUT OT TOUCH WITH WORKING CLASS FINANCES
AS JOJN MCCAIN! WOW WE ARE YOUR SUPPORTERS AND HOW ARE THESE
ADVISORS ONES WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF AMERICAN PEOPLE?
TIME WARNER CABLE GOUGES ITS CABLE CUSTOMERS ON DAILY BASIS, AS WE ARE THEIR CUSTOMERS, WEK NOW WHY ARE THEY UP THERE? WE HAVE OUR MORTAGE WITH CITI, AND THEY ALSO GOUGE PEOPLE, HIGH INTERST RATES, WHY ARE THEY ADVISING ON HOW TO HELP WORKING MAN WHEN THESE PEOPLE ADIVSING BARACK OBAMA ARE THE ONES DOING THE MOST GOUGING? THERE NEEDS TO BE A TASK FORCE OF WORKING PEOPLE TO HAVE OUR ISSUES HEARD --A COMMITTE OF WORKING FOLKS.
IT LOOKS LIEK FROM THIS GROUP, FINANCIAL TINGS WILL ALWAYS FAVOR THE WEALTHY---THOSE OUT TO MAKE PROFIT AT EVERYONE ELSE EXPSNSE. We votes and made calls for Obama campagined, felling a bit betrayed by these advisors being picked. !
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