Laura D'Andrea Tyson

Laura D'Andrea Tyson (b. June 28, 1947, New Jersey) is an American economist and former Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. 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. From 2002 to 2006, Tyson was the first female Dean of the 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 and Director of the National Economic Council from 1995 to 1996. Tyson has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1987, a Director of AT&T; Inc. since 1999 and a Director of Eastman Kodak. 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... full article at wikipedia