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FACTBOX: Obama to meet economic advisers

Thu Nov 6, 2008 4:45pm EST

(Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will meet with his transition economic advisory board on Friday. Vice President-elect Joe Biden will also attend the meeting.

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Here is a list of meeting participants:

- David Bonior, a Michigan representative to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 2003;

- Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (participating via speakerphone);

- Roel Campos, former SEC commissioner;

- William Daley, chairman in the U.S. Midwest for JP Morgan Chase and secretary of commerce from 1997 to July 2000;

- William Donaldson, former SEC chairman from 2003 to June 2005;

- Roger Ferguson, president and CEO of retirement fund TIAA-CREF and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve board of governors;

- Jennifer Granholm, Michigan governor;

- Anne Mulcahy, chairman and CEO of Xerox;

- Richard Parsons, chairman of Time Warner Inc.;

- Penny Pritzker, CEO of Classic Residence by Hyatt;

- Robert Reich, University of California professor and labor secretary from 1993 to 1997;

- Robert Rubin, chairman and director of the Executive Committee of Citigroup, treasury secretary from 1995 to 1999;

- Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google Inc.;

- Lawrence Summers, former president of Harvard University, managing director of D.E. Shaw and treasury secretary from 1999 to 2000;

- Laura Tyson, professor at Haas School of Business, University of California, served as chairman of the National Economic Council in 1995 and 1996, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors from 1993 to 1995;

- Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles;

- Paul Volcker, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve from August 1979 to August 1987.



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