ORGANIZATION

"The Economic Club of Washington was created in 1986 to provide a forum in Washington in which prominent business and government leaders can express their views on the most important economic issues of the day and how those issues affect the region, the nation, and the global economy. Past speakers have included Cabinet officers, the heads of major American and foreign corporations, noted economists, and leaders in the media."

Official Website:
http://www.economicclub.org/

Location:
Washington, DC

Founding Date:
1986

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Buck Chapoton	Government	18-May-1936		Reagan's tax guy
John Engler	Politician	12-Oct-1948		Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003
Frank Fahrenkopf	Business	28-Aug-1939		CEO, American Gaming Association
Carly Fiorina	Business	6-Sep-1954		CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1999-2005
Dan Glickman	Politician	24-Nov-1944		Former Congressman, President of the MPAA
Patrick W. Gross	Business	15-May-1944		Co-Founder, American Management Systems
John J. Hamre	Government	3-Jul-1950		Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1997-1999
Vernon Jordan	Business	15-Aug-1935		Advisor to Bill Clinton
Frank Keating	Politician	10-Feb-1944		Governor of Oklahoma, 1995-2003
Barbara J. Krumsiek	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Calvert Group, Ltd.
John P. McDaniel	Business	c. 1942		MedStar Health
Harry C. McPherson	Attorney	22-Aug-1929	16-Feb-2012	White House Counsel to Johnson
George J. Mitchell	Politician	20-Aug-1933		US Senator from Maine, 1980-95
William D. Novelli	Business	c. 1941		CEO, AARP
David M. O'Connell	Educator	21-Apr-1955		President, Catholic University of America
Harvey Pitt	Government	28-Feb-1945		SEC Chairman, 2001-03
Franklin Raines	Government	14-Jan-1949		CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999-2004
Roger W. Sant	Business	c. 1930		Billionaire, AES
Pauline A. Schneider	Attorney	c. 1943		Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Lawrence M. Small	Government	14-Sep-1941		Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-07
H. Patrick Swygert	Educator	17-Mar-1943		President of Howard University, 1995-2008
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg	Educator	c. 1937		GWU President, 1988-2007
George Vradenburg	Attorney	14-Mar-1943		Strategic Advisor for AOL Time Warner
Mark Warner	Politician	15-Dec-1954		US Senator from Virginia
Togo West	Government	21-Jun-1942		US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs
Dennis R. Wraase	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Pepco Holdings, 2001-09

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