Timothy F. Geithner
Distinguished FellowFormer secretary of the treasury; former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Former secretary of the treasury; former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Macroeconomist with substantial experience in public policy and markets. Current focus is on G-7 monetary and fiscal policies, financial markets, and crisis resolution.
Former senior adviser at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Assistant professor of international affairs at The New School University. Directing the CFR-sponsored study on the political economy of democratic transitions and writing a book about global economic governance and inclusive growth. Coauthor of the Social & Economic Rights Fulfillment (SERF) Index.
Journalist and researcher focusing on U.S. foreign policy, international development, women and economic development, and global entrepreneurship. Contributing editor-at-large at Newsweek/Daily Beast and author of the New York Times bestseller The Dressmaker of Khair Khana (HarperCollins, 2011), about a young woman whose business supported her family and her community during the Taliban years.
Contributing editor to the Financial Times. Author of the book More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, released in June 2010. Former columnist and editorial board member at the Washington Post.
Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Author of Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead (Oxford University Press, 2013), which analyzes the political, economic, and social transformations Mexico has undergone over the last three decades and why these changes matter for the United States.
Vice Chairman of Corporate and Investment Banking at Citigroup. Columnist for Bloomberg View. Former director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama.
Currently leading projects on cybersecurity and cyberconflict. Recent book Advantage looks at the technological competitive advantages of Asia and the United States. Previously the project director for a CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on Chinese military modernization.
Associate dean and the Signal Companies' Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Former member of the Council of Economic Advisers. Coauthor of the Council Special Report, Global FDI Policy.
Award-winning writer, and editor of the scholarly journal International Finance. His most recent book, Money, Markets, and Sovereignty, which earned him the 2010 Hayek Book Prize, analyzes the historical relationship between money and national sovereignty and its importance in understanding contemporary globalization.
Contributing editor to the Financial Times. Author of the book More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, released in June 2010. Former columnist and editorial board member at the Washington Post.
Former director for Asian affairs on the staff of the National Security Council. Leading architect of U.S. policy toward Indonesia during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Currently directing a roundtable series that focuses on Asia.
Former secretary of the treasury; former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Former secretary of the treasury; former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Concentration chair and visiting professor in the master of science in foreign service program at Georgetown University. Former ambassador-at-large to combat trafficking in persons and deputy assistant secretary for international organization affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
Contributing editor to the Financial Times. Author of the book More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, released in June 2010. Former columnist and editorial board member at the Washington Post.
Expert on international law and regulatory policy, noncommunicable diseases and tobacco control, technological innovation and delivery, international trade and investment, and intellectual property. Adjunct professor of law, former U.S. trade negotiator. Currently directing a roundtable series on Global Health, Economics, and Development.
Author of the book Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women are Transforming the Middle East (Random House, 2010). Contributing author to Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President (Brookings Institution Press, 2008). Coauthor of Strategic Foreign Assistance: Civil Society in International Security (Hoover Institution Press, 2006).
Award-winning author of The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenges to China's Future. Currently writing two books: one on China's rise and another with Michael Levi on China's global quest for resources.
Distinguished public service professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, U.S. ambassador to South Africa, and special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs in the George W. Bush administration.
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