JANET L. YELLEN (D)
BEN S. BERNANKE (R)
PAUL A. VOLCKER JR. (D)¹
ALAN GREENSPAN (R)
¹Paul A. Volcker Jr. passed away Dec, 2019.
JASON S. FURMAN (D)
CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS, PRESIDENT Obama
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
James A. Baker III (R)
SECRETARY OF STATE, PRESIDENT H.W. BUSH
SECRETARY OF TREASURY, PRESIDENT REAGAN
CHIEF OF STAFF, PRESIDENT REAGAN
CHIEF OF STAFF, PRESIDENT H.W. BUSH
Steven Chu (D)
SECRETARY OF ENERGY, PRESIDENT OBAMA
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS, STAMFORD UNIVERSITY
NOBEL LAUREATE, PHYSICS
George P. Shultz (R)
SECRETARY OF STATE, PRESIDENT REAGAN
DEAN, UCHICAGO BUSINESS SCHOOL
PHD ECONOMIST, MIT
AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN
Howard B. Dean III (D)
CHAIR, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
CHAIR, NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
GOVERNOR OF VERMONT
Christine Todd Whitman (R)
EPA ADMINISTRATOR, PRESIDENT W. BUSH
GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY
Larry H. Summers (D)
CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, PRESIDENT OBAMA
SECRETARY OF TREASURY, PRESIDENT CLINTON
CHIEF ECONOMIST, WORLD BANK
PRESIDENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Hank M. Paulson (R)
SECRETARY OF TREASURY, PRESIDENT G.W. BUSH
CHAIRMAN AND CEO, GOLDMAN SACHS
FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, PAULSON INSTITUTE
Christina D. Romer (D)
CHAIR OF THE Council of Economic ADvisers, President Obama
Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
C. Trent Lott (R)
REPUBLICAN SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
UNITED STATES SENATOR (R-MISS)
John B. Breaux (D)
DEMOCRATIC DEPUTY MAJORITY WHIP
UNITED STATES SENATOR (D-LA)
Martin S. Feldstein (R)
CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS, PRESIDENT REAGAN
PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Wesley K. Clark (D)
FOUR STAR US GENERAL (RET.)
SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, NATO
RHODES SCHOLAR
N. Gregory MankiW (R)
Chair of the Department of Economics, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS, PRESIDENT G.W. Bush
Author of "Principles of Economics"; Best-Selling Economics Textbook
Janet L. Yellen (D)
Chair of the Federal Reserve, President Obama
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, President Clinton
Distinguished Fellow in Residence, Brookings Institution
Jim MAttis (R)
Secretary of Defense, President Trump
Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, NATO
FOUR STAR US GENERAL (RET.)
Christiana Figueres
Architect of the Paris Climate Agreement
Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Distinguished Fellow, Conservation International
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