Laura Tyson

Laura Tyson
Director of the National Economic Council
In office February 21, 1995 – December 12, 1996
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Robert Rubin
Succeeded by	Gene Sperling
Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office February 5, 1993 – February 21, 1995
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Michael Boskin
Succeeded by	Joseph Stiglitz
Personal details
Born	Laura D'Andrea (1947-06-28) June 28, 1947 Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Smith College Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Laura D'Andrea Tyson (born June 28, 1947) is an American economist and former Chair of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton Administration. She also served as Director of the National Economic Council. She is currently a professor at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley.

Early life and education

Tyson was born Laura D'Andrea in New Jersey. Her father was Italian American and her mother was of Swedish and Dutch descent. Tyson graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Smith College in 1969 and earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974. She joined the faculty of the economics department at Princeton University in 1974 and remained in the position until 1977 when she became a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. She was appointed a professor of business administration in 1990. She is married to writer Erik S. Tarloff and has one son, Elliot S. Tarloff. Her brother is Alan D'Andrea, an American cancer researcher and the Alvan T. and Viola D. Fuller American Cancer Society Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School. Her sister is Susan D'Andrea Lee, retired supervising examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York currently a policy advisor at the Office of Financial Research, US Department of the Treasury, Washington DC.

Career

From 2002 to 2006, Tyson was the first female Dean of London Business School. From 1998 to 2001, she was Dean of the Haas School of Business. She served in the Clinton Administration as Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1993 to 1995. She was a spokesperson in favour of GATT, arguing with Sir James Goldsmith on Charlie Rose that American jobs will be increased by the trade agreement. Tyson was Director of the National Economic Council from 1995 to 1996. Tyson has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1987, a board director of Morgan Stanley since 1997, a board director of AT&T Inc. since 1999, a board director of Eastman Kodak and is a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. In December, 2009 it was announced that Tyson will join CB Richard Ellis Board of Directors on March 4, 2010. Tyson also sits on the QFINANCE Strategic Advisory Board.

Tyson at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 2007

Tyson has published a number of books and articles on industrial competitiveness, trade, and also on the economies of Central Europe and their transitions to market systems.

An Economic Viewpoint columnist for BusinessWeek magazine, Tyson writes regularly about domestic and international economic policy matters in The Washington Post, The New York Times and other nationally and internationally syndicated newspapers and magazines.

In addition to her professorship at UC Berkeley, Tyson is also a member of the Board of Trustees at UC Berkeley's Blum Center for Developing Economies. The Center is focused on finding solutions to address the crisis of extreme poverty and disease in the developing world.

Tyson joined Berkeley Research Group, LLC, an expert services advisory firm co-founded by David Teece, as a special advisor in 2010. Tyson had consulted for LECG, another expert advisory firm founded by Teece, from 1997 to 2001.

In November 2013, Tyson founded the Institute for Business and Social Impact at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

External links

• Haas School of Business Bio.
• "The First Lady of Business", The Observer
• Tyson testimony on H.R. 2652 (1997)
• Response to Tyson/Sherry Report
• Debate with Sir James Goldsmith over GATT in 1994
• Tyson's profile at LittleSis

Political offices
Preceded by Michael Boskin	Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers 1993–1995	Succeeded by Joseph Stiglitz
Preceded by Robert Rubin	Director of the National Economic Council 1995–1996	Succeeded by Gene Sperling
Academic offices
Preceded by Raymond Miles	Dean of the Haas School of Business 1998–2001	Succeeded by Tom Campbell
Preceded by John Quelch	Dean of the London Business School 2002–2006	Succeeded by Robin Buchanan