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The Council on Competitiveness is an American non-profit organization based
in Washington,
D.C. The Council’s goal is to increase the United States'
economic competitiveness in the global
marketplace. The Council also works to bring high-value
economic activity into the United States.[1]
The Council works to facilitate the debate on competitiveness by
bringing together business, labor, academic and government leaders to evaluate economic
challenges and opportunities. This is accomplished through the
sponsorship of conferences, seminars, and other special events used
to develop new ideas and solutions and to circulate the Council’s
findings. The Council makes recommendations that are presented to
experts, government officials, media, policy makers, and the
general public.[1][2][3][4][5]
History
The Council on Competitiveness was founded in 1986 by the Chairman of President Ronald Reagan's
Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, John A. Young.[6] The
current chairman is Charles O. Holliday, CEO of DuPont.[7] The
Council on Competitiveness has had seven chairmen as of 2009.[8]
Programs
Several initiatives are sponsored by the Council. Examples of
these include the ongoing Energy Security, Innovation and
Sustainability (ESIS) Initiative, which addresses concerns
involving global energy supplies,[9] and the
National Innovation Initiative, which reviewed growth and
development in the areas of talent, investment, and infrastructure,
factors important to maintaining the position of the United States
as one of the world's leading innovators.[10] The
Council also prepares and publishes the Competitiveness Index,
which tracks performance and competitiveness indicators for the
United States and global economies.[11]
Members
Board
Executive
Committee
- Thomas R. Baruch, CMEA Ventures
- Gene D.
Block, University of
California, Los Angeles
- Jean-Lou
A. Chameau, California Institute of
Technology
- Richard T. Clark, Merck & Co.
- Jared L. Cohon,
Carnegie Mellon
University
- Brian C. Cornell, Sam's Club
- John J.
DeGioia, Georgetown University
- John M. Engler, National Association
of Manufacturers
- Marye Anne
Fox, University of
California, San Diego
- James
Hagedorn, Scotts Miracle-Gro
Company
- Sheryl
Handler, Ab
Initio
- Walter P.
Havenstein, Science
Applications International Corporation
- Richard H.
Herman, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Susan
Hockfield, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
- Steven Knapp,
George Washington
University
- D. Michael Langford, Utility Workers Union of
America, AFL-CIO
- Edward
J. McElroy, Union Labor Life
Insurance Company
- Lee A. McIntire, CH2M
HILL
- Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM
- James M.
Phillips, Pinnacle Investments
- Michael E. Porter, Harvard
University
- Luis M.
Proenza, University of Akron
- James H. Quigley, Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu
- Ian C. Read, Pfizer
- Robert L. Reynolds, Putnam Investments
- Kenan E. Sahin, TIAX LLC
- David E.
Shaw, D. E. Shaw Research
- Lou Anna K. Simon, Michigan State
University
- William H. Swanson, Raytheon
- Larry Weber, W2
Group Inc.
- Mark G. Yudof, University of California
- Robert J. Zimmer, University of Chicago
General
Members
- Michael F.
Adams, University of Georgia
- Robert
A. Altenkirch, New Jersey Institute of
Technology
- Joseph E. Aoun,
Northeastern University
- Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft
- Craig R. Barrett, Intel
Corporation
- Alain J.
P. Belda, Alcoa
- Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia
University
- Molly Corbett Broad, American Council on
Education
- Richard H. Brodhead, Duke
University
- David L. Callendar, University of Texas
Medical Branch, Galveston
- George Campbell Jr., Cooper Union
- Judith F. Cardenas, Center for Performance Accountability,
Inc.
- Curtis R. Carlson, SRI
International
- David F. Carney, Lincoln Educational Services
- John
T. Casteen III, University of Virginia
- Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr., Marathon Oil
- Thomas A. Cellucci, Department of Homeland Security
- Roy A. Church, Lorain County Community
College
- James K. Clifton, The Gallup Organization
- Mary Sue
Coleman, University of Michigan
- France A. Córdova, Purdue
University
- Michael M.
Crow, Arizona State University
- William W. Destler, Rochester Institute of
Technology
- Ernest J. Dianastasis, Computer Aid, Inc.
- Amr ElSawy, Noblis, Inc.
- Roger A. Enrico, DreamWorks
- Alice P. Gast, Lehigh University
- E. Gordon Gee, Ohio
State University
- Judy
Genshaft, University of South
Florida
- Robert B. Graybill, Nimbis Services, Inc.
- Amy Gutmann, University of
Pennsylvania
- Roy W. Haley, WESCO International
- Patrick
T. Harker, University of Delaware
- William C. Harris, Science Foundation of Arizona
- John C. Hitt, University of Central
Florida
- Jerry MacArthur Hultin, Polytechnic
Institute of New York University
- Jeffrey
R. Immelt, General Electric
- Ralph Izzo, Public Service
Electric and Gas Company
- Irwin M.
Jacobs, Qualcomm
- William A. Jeffrey, HRL Laboratories, LLC
- John I.
Jenkins, University of Notre Dame
- John Kao, KAO &
Company LLC
- Paul G. Kimball, Sagebrush Capital LLC
- Donald R. Knauss, Clorox
- Robert W. Lane, Deere & Company
- John Langford, Aurora Flight Sciences
- Lester A. Lefton, Kent
State University
- Richard L. McCormick, Rutgers
University
- John E. McGlade, Air Products &
Chemicals
- Michael A. McRobbie, Indiana
University
- Alan G.
Merten, George Mason University
- James B.
Milliken, University of
Nebraska
- C.
Daniel Mote, Jr., University of
Maryland, College Park
- Ashfaq
Munshi, MSC
Software
- Eileen K. Murray, Investment Risk
Management LLC
- Mark A.
Nordenberg, University of Pittsburgh
- Edward E. Nusbaum, Grant Thornton LLP
- Thomas F. O’Neill, Sandler O'Neill and
Partners
- Paul S. Otellini, Intel
Corporation
- James W.
Owens, Caterpillar Inc.
- Vikram S. Pandit, Citigroup
- Harris Pastides, University of South
Carolina
- G. P. "Bud" Peterson, Georgia Institute of
Technology
- Dominic J. Pileggi, Thomas & Betts
- Rory Riggs, Balfour, LLC
- John W. Rowe, Exelon
- Leonard A. Schlesinger, Babson College
- Ivan G. Seidenberg, Verizon Communications
- M. Edward Sellers, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
- Mayo A. Shattuck III, Constellation Energy
- Scott D. Sheffield, Pioneer Natural
Resources
- Jan F. Simek, University of Tennessee
- John B.
Simpson, University
at Buffalo, The State University of New York
- Michael P. Skarzynski, Arbitron
- David J.
Skorton, Cornell University
- Frederick W. Smith, FedEx
- Christine J. Sobek, Waubonsee Community
College
- Mary S. Spangler, Houston
Community College
- Graham B. Spanier, Pennsylvania State
University
- Michael R. Splinter, Applied Materials
- Susan S. Stautberg, PartnerCom Corporation
- Charles
W. Steger, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Robert
J. Stevens, Lockheed Martin
- Christopher Stone, SiCortex
- John A. Swainson, CA,
Inc.
- Tom Uhlman, New Venture Partners LLC
- Steven L. VanAusdle, Walla Walla Community
College
- Larry N. Vanderhoef, University of California,
Davis
- Jeffrey Wadsworth, Battelle Memorial
Institute
- Joseph L. Welch, ITC Holding Company
- William
C. Weldon, Johnson & Johnson
- Deborah Westphal, Toffler Associates
- Robert A. Wharton, South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology
- Timothy P. White, University of
California, Riverside
- Jack M.
Wilson, University of
Massachusetts
- James E. Wright, Dartmouth
College
- Mark S.
Wrighton, Washington University in
St. Louis
- Henry T.
Yang, University of
California, Santa Barbara
- Paul A. Yarossi, HNTB
- Nicholas S. Zeppos, Vanderbilt University
Membership
Note
This list of members of the Council is current as of 9 October
2009 (2009 -10-09).[12]
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