Nonprofit economics thinktank founded in 1981. Renamed the Peterson Institute in 2006.
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Martin N. Baily |
Economist |
1945 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1995-96, 1999-2001 |
C. Fred Bergsten |
Economist |
23-Apr-1941 |
|
Institute for International Economics |
Conrad Black |
Business |
25-Aug-1944 |
|
Rapacious newspaper mogul |
Lester R. Brown |
Activist |
28-Mar-1934 |
|
Earth Policy Institute |
George David |
Business |
7-Apr-1942 |
|
CEO of United Technologies |
Jessica P. Einhorn |
Government |
c. 1945 |
|
Dean, School of Advanced International Studies |
Kristin J. Forbes |
Economist |
21-Aug-1970 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-05 |
Jeffrey A. Frankel |
Economist |
5-Nov-1952 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99 |
Alan Greenspan |
Economist |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 |
Carla Hills |
Diplomat |
3-Jan-1934 |
|
US Trade Representative, 1989-93 |
Douglas Holtz-Eakin |
Economist |
3-Feb-1958 |
|
McCain chief economic advisor |
Nicholas R. Lardy |
Economist |
c. 1946 |
|
Senior fellow, Institute for International Economics |
Robert Z. Lawrence |
Economist |
c. 1948 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1999-2001 |
Donald F. McHenry |
Diplomat |
13-Oct-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 1979-81 |
Michael L. Mussa |
Economist |
15-Apr-1944 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1986-88 |
Joseph S. Nye |
Government |
19-Jan-1937 |
|
Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94 |
Paul O'Neill |
Government |
4-Dec-1935 |
|
US Treasury Secretary, 2001-02 |
David J. O'Reilly |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of Chevron, 2005-09 |
Hutham S. Olayan |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Olayan Group |
James W. Owens |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Caterpillar, 2004-10 |
Frank H. Pearl |
Business |
27-May-1943 |
4-May-2012 |
CEO of Perseus LLC |
Peter G. Peterson |
Business |
5-Jun-1926 |
|
Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations |
Victor Pinchuk |
Business |
14-Dec-1960 |
|
Billionaire, Interpipe Corporation |
Adam Posen |
Scholar |
? |
|
Institute for International Economics |
David Rockefeller |
Business |
12-Jun-1915 |
|
Founder of the Trilateral Commission |
Kenneth S. Rogoff |
Economist |
22-Mar-1953 |
|
Harvard economist |
David M. Rubenstein |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Director of the Carlyle Group |
George Shultz |
Government |
13-Dec-1920 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1982-89 |
Matthew J. Slaughter |
Economist |
c. 1968 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 2005-07 |
George Soros |
Business |
12-Aug-1930 |
|
Financial speculator |
Lawrence H. Summers |
Economist |
30-Nov-1954 |
|
US Treasury Secretary, 1999-2001 |
Laura D. Tyson |
Economist |
28-Jun-1947 |
|
Dean of London Business School |
Paul Volcker |
Economist |
5-Sep-1927 |
|
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87 |
Dennis Weatherstone |
Business |
29-Nov-1930 |
13-Jun-2008 |
CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94 |
Ed Whitacre, Jr. |
Business |
4-Nov-1941 |
|
Chairman and CEO of General Motors, 2009-10 |
Marina v.N. Whitman |
Economist |
6-Mar-1935 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1972-73 |
Paul Wonnacott |
Economist |
16-Mar-1933 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93 |
Ernesto Zedillo |
Head of State |
27-Dec-1951 |
|
President of Mexico, 1994-2000 |