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FACTBOX: Obama to meet economic advisers

Thu Nov 6, 2008 4:45pm EST
 
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(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.

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;  Continued...

 

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