Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Chair, Blum Center for Developing Economies Board of Trustees, UC Berkeley. Co-chair California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council of Economic Advisors. Member of the Board of Directors: Lexmark International and Stem. Previous affiliations: 2020-2021, Commission d'experts sur les grands défis économiques, French President Emmanuel Macron. 2018, Interim Dean of Berkeley Haas. 2002-06, Dean of London Business School. 1998-2001, Dean of the Berkeley-Haas. US Department of State Foreign Affairs Policy Board. Member of President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Semiconductor Working Group (PCAST). Served in Clinton Administration: Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (1993-95) and Director of the National Economic Council (1995-96). Co-Author of Leave No One Behind, a report for the United Nation’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment.
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