Business Council

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The Business Council

Washington, DC. | http://www.thebusinesscouncil.org/about/

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“In 1933 Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper decided that he could benefit from the advice and counsel of public-spirited leaders of demonstrated success in their conduct of business affairs. The idea had been formulated by investment banker Sidney J. Weinberg, who felt that the government had relatively little business expertise at its disposal when it made decisions affecting that segment of society. After discussing the idea with some of his business acquaintances, Mr. Roper selected about 50 executives who agreed to serve without compensation of any kind as members of a new Business Advisory Council for the Department of Commerce.

“…The Council continued its role as an advisory body primarily to the Department of Commerce until 1961 when members decided to broaden its scope. Council members felt that they should be available to serve all areas of government which requested their services. The action was welcomed by President John F. Kennedy who said that “the various government agencies would be glad to have such a group available for consultation.” Renamed The Business Council, it serves as an independent forum for the interchange of ideas and the development of positive, practical recommendations for action.

“Since its formation, the Council has been called upon by Presidents in turn for counsel and advice. The Council has also served regularly as a de facto reservoir of experienced talent to assist an administration in carrying out its public mandate. During the critical years of the Second World War, for example, more than 50 Council members were called into government service to assist in meeting the tremendous challenges facing the nation. Subsequent years have seen many Council members leave private life to serve in critical positions within government at the request of Presidents from both parties. Today, as it has for many years, the Council numbers among its members many business leaders who are serving in various roles as public servants. And from its membership the Council has provided experienced business leaders as voluntary leaders for a variety of special panels and commissions that help develop policy for the federal government.”

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Executive Committee: 2011-2012

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James Dimon, Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. – Chairman

 

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Vice Chairmen

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Angela F. Braly, Chairman, President & CEO, WellPoint, Inc.

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Louis R. Chenevert, Chairman & CEO, United Technologies Corporation

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Henry R. Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

 

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Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman & CEO, The Dow Chemical Company

 

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Executive Committee Members

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Jeffrey P. Bezos, Founder & CEO, Amazon.com

 

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Kenneth Chenault, Chairman & CEO, American Express Company

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David M. Cote, Chairman & CEO, Honeywell

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James Goodnight, Chairman, President & CEO, SAS Institute Inc.

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Peter T. Grauer, Chairman,  Bloomberg, Inc.

 

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Ellen J. Kullman, Chairman & CEO, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

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James W. Owens, Chairman & CEO Emeritus, Caterpillar Inc.

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Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman & CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation

 

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Patricia A. Woertz, Chairman, CEO & President, Archer Daniels Midland Company

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Philip E. Cassidy – Executive Director

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Active Member Directory (133)

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Richard C. Adkerson – President & CEO, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Daniel F. Akerson – Chairman & CEO, General Motors Company

Samuel R. Allen – Chairman & CEO, Deere & Company

Mukesh D. Ambani – Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited

Stephen F. Angel – Chairman, President & CEO, Praxair, Inc.

Douglas M. Baker – Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ecolab Inc.

Ajay Banga – President & CEO, MasterCard Worldwide

George Barrett – Chairman & CEO, Cardinal Health

Riley P. Bechtel – Chairman & CEO, Bechtel Group, Inc.

Robert H. Benmosche – President & CEO, American International Group, Inc

Mark T. Bertolini – Chairman, CEO & President, Aetna Inc.

Jeffrey L. Bewkes – Chairman & CEO, Time Warner Inc.

Jeffrey P. Bezos – Founder & CEO, Amazon.com

Lloyd C. Blankfein – Chairman & CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Gregory H. Boyce – Chairman & CEO, Peabody Energy Corporation

Richard M. Bracken – Chairman & CEO, HCA Inc.

Angela F. Braly – Chairman, President and CEO, WellPoint, Inc.

Gregory Q. Brown – Chairman & CEO, Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Steve Burd – Chairman, President & CEO, Safeway Inc.

Ursula M. Burns – Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corporation

Wesley G. Bush – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Northrop Grumman Corporation

David L. Calhoun – CEO, Nielsen

Marc N. Casper – President & CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. – Chairman, President & CEO, Marathon Oil Corporation

John T. Chambers – Chairman & CEO, CISCO Systems, Inc.

Kenneth Chenault – Chairman & CEO, American Express Company

Louis R. Chenevert – Chairman & CEO, United Technologies Corporation

David M. Cordani – President & CEO, Cigna Corporation

David M. Cote – Chairman & CEO, Honeywell

Alexander M. Cutler – Chairman & CEO, Eaton Corporation

Richard K. Davis – Chairman, President & CEO, U.S. Bancorp

Steven A. Davis – Chairman & CEO, Bob Evans Farms, Inc

Marijn E. Dekkers – Chairman, Bayer, AG

Michael S. Dell – Chairman & CEO, Dell Inc.

Robert E. Diamond, Jr. – Chief Executive, Barclays PLC

David B. Dillon – Chairman & CEO, The Kroger Co.

James Dimon – Chairman & CEO, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Scott C. Donnelly – Chairman & CEO, Textron Inc.

Robert Dudley – Group Chief Executive, BP p.l.c.

Gregory L. Ebel – President & CEO, Spectra Energy

Lynn L. Elsenhans – Chairman, CEO & President, Sunoco, Inc.

Thomas J. Falk – Chairman & CEO, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

John V. Faraci – Chairman & CEO, International Paper Company

Eric C. Fast – President and Chief Executive Officer, Crane Co.

Steve Feinberg – CEO, Cerberus Capital Management

Laurence D. Fink – Chairman & CEO, BlackRock, Inc.

John Finnegan – Chairman, President & CEO, Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.

Jay S. Fishman – Chairman & CEO, The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Lewis J. Frankfort – Chairman & CEO, Coach, Inc.

Fabrizio Freda – President & CEO, The Estee Lauder Companies

Thomas H. Glocer – Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters Corporation

Gregory J. Goff – President & CEO, Tesoro Corporation

Donald J. Gogel – President & CEO, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.

James Goodnight – Chairman, President and CEO, SAS Institute Inc.

Ilene S. Gordon – Chairman, President & CEO, Corn Products International

James P. Gorman – Chairman & CEO, Morgan Stanley

Donald E. Graham – Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company

Hugh Grant – Chairman, President & CEO, Monsanto Company

John H. Hammergren – Chairman & CEO, McKesson Corporation

Craig R. Herkert – President & CEO, SUPERVALU INC.

John B. Hess – Chairman & CEO, Hess Corporation

Daniel R. Hesse – President & CEO, Sprint Nextel Corporation

H. Wayne Huizenga – Chairman, Huizenga Holdings, Inc.

Jeffrey R. Immelt – Chairman & CEO, General Electric Company

Mike J. Jackson – Chairman & CEO, AutoNation, Inc.

Paul E. Jacobs – Chairman & CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated

Robert (Bob) L. Johnson – Founder & Chairman, The RLJ Companies

Clayton M. Jones – Chairman, President & CEO, Rockwell Collins

Steven A. Kandarian – Chairman, President & CEO, MetLife, Inc.

Muhtar Kent – Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

Klaus Kleinfeld – Chairman & CEO, Alcoa Inc.

Richard J. Kramer – Chairman, President & CEO, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Henry R. Kravis – Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Ellen J. Kullman – Chairman & CEO, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

Marshall O. Larsen – Chairman, President & CEO, Goodrich Corporation

Steven F. Leer – Chairman & CEO, Arch Coal, Inc.

Andrew N. Liveris – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Dow Chemical Company

Terry J. Lundgren – Chairman, President and CEO, Macy’s, Inc.

J.W. Marriott, Jr. – Chairman & CEO, Marriott International, Inc.

Lowell C. McAdam – Chairman & CEO, Verizon Communications Inc

Bill R. McDermott – Co-Chief Executive Officer, SAP AG

Robert A. McDonald – Chairman, President & CEO, The Procter & Gamble Company

Harold McGraw, III – Chairman, President & CEO, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

W.James McNerney, Jr. – Chairman, President & CEO, The Boeing Company

Charles (Wick) W. Moorman – Chairman & CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation

Alan R. Mulally – President & CEO, Ford Motor Company

James J. Mulva – Chairman & CEO, ConocoPhillips

K. Rupert Murdoch – Chairman & CEO, News Corporation

Thomas C. Nelson – Chairman, President & CEO, National Gypsum Company

Joseph Neubauer – Chairman & CEO, ARAMARK Corporation

Robert A. Niblock – Chairman & CEO, Lowe’s Companies, inc.

Keith D. Nosbusch – Chairman & CEO, Rockwell Automation

David C. Novak – Chairman & CEO, Yum! Brands, Incorporated

Richard T. O’Brien – President & CEO, Newmont Mining Corporation

Rodney O’Neal – President & CEO, Delphi Automotive LLP

Douglas R. Oberhelman – Chairman & CEO, Caterpillar Inc.

Clarence Otis, Jr. – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Gregory R. Page – Chairman & CEO, Cargill, Incorporated

Mark C. Pigott – Chairman & CEO, PACCAR Inc

Kendall J. Powell – Chairman & CEO, General Mills, Inc.

Azim H. Premji – Chairman, Wipro Limited

Ian C. Read – President and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer Inc.

Martin Richenhagen – Chairman, President and CEO, AGCO Corporation

Gary M. Rodkin – President & CEO, ConAgra Foods, Inc.

James E. Rogers – Chairman, President & CEO, Duke Energy Corporation

Matthew K. Rose – Chairman & CEO, BNSF Railway Company

David M. Rubenstein – Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

Edward (Ed) B. Rust, Jr. – Chairman & CEO, State Farm Insurance Companies

Enrique T. Salem – President & CEO, Symantec Corporation

Joseph W. Saunders – Chairman & CEO, Visa Inc.

Stephen A. Schwarzman – Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group

David T. Seaton – Chairman and Chief Exexutive Officer, Fluor Corporation

Jefferey A. Smisek – President & CEO, United Continental Holdings, Inc

Frederick W. Smith – Chairman, President & CEO, FedEx Corporation

Sir Martin Sorrell – Group Chief Executive, WPP Group plc

Nancy C. Southern – President & CEO, ATCO Ltd. & Canadian Utilities Limited

David B. Speer – Chairman & CEO, Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

Gregg W. Steinhafel – Chairman, President & CEO, Target Corporation

Randall L. Stephenson – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Inc.

John P. Surma – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United States Steel Corporation

Andrew C. Taylor – Chairman & CEO, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company

Rex W. Tillerson – Chairman & CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation

Daniel C. Ustian – Chairman, President & CEO, Navistar International Corporation

Peter R. Voser – Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell plc

Gregory D. Wasson – President & CEO, Walgreen Co.

John S. Watson – Chairman & CEO, Chevron Corporation

Wendell P. Weeks – Chairman & CEO, Corning Incorporated

Alberto Weisser – Chairman & CEO, Bunge Limited

William C. Weldon – Chairman & CEO, Johnson & Johnson

Miles D. White – Chairman & CEO, Abbott

Margaret C. Whitman – President & CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company

Maggie Wilderotter – Chairman & CEO, Frontier Communications

Patricia A. Woertz – Chairman, CEO & President, Archer Daniels Midland Company

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Graduate Members (50)

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Leo Apotheker
Former President & CEO
Hewlett-Packard Company

Gerard J. Arpey
Retired Chairman & CEO
AMR Corporation and American Airlines

James Balsillie
Founder & Retired CEO
Research in Motion Limited

Percy Barnevik
Former Chairman
AstraZeneca PLC

Alain J. P. Belda
Partner
Warburg Pincus LLC

Lewis B. Campbell
Retired Chairman & CEO
Textron Inc.

Michael D. Capellas
Chairman of the Board
VCE

Peter A. Darbee
Retired Chairman & CEO
PG&E Corporation

George David
Retired Chairman
United Technologies Corporation

Robert A. Day
Chairman of the Board
Trust Company of the West

Robert A. Essner
Retired Chairman of the Board
Wyeth

Dennis J. FitzSimons
Chairman
McCormick Foundation

William C. Foote
Chairman
USG Corporation

Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Chairman
Matrix Advisors

J. Erik Fyrwald
President
Ecolab Inc.

Robert D. Glynn, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, Retired
PG&E Corporation

David R. Goode
Retired Chairman, President & CEO
Norfolk Southern Corporation

Joseph T. Gorman
Chairman & CEO
Moxahela Enterprises LLC

Peter T. Grauer
Chairman
Bloomberg, Inc.

William D. Green
Chairman
Accenture

Rajiv L. Gupta
Retired Chairman & CEO
Rohm and Haas Company

William B. Harrison, Jr.
Former Chairman & CEO
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Fred Hassan
Partner and Managing Director
Warburg Pincus

Tony Hayward
Chief Executive
Genel Energy

Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
Chairman
Bank of America Corporation

Robert P. Kelly
Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
BNY Mellon

Jeffrey B. Kindler
Former Chairman & CEO
Pfizer Inc.

Peter D. Kinnear
Former Chairman & CEO
FMC Technologies, Inc.

A.G. Lafley
Retired Chairman & CEO
The Procter & Gamble Company

Robert W. Lane
Retired Chairman
Deere & Company

Rochelle B. Lazarus
Chairman
Ogilvy & Mather

John J. Mack
Chairman Emeritus
Morgan Stanley

Michael G. Morris
Chairman
American Electric Power Company, Inc.

Robert L. Nardelli
CEO
Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company LLC

David J. O’Reilly
Retired Chairman & CEO
Chevron Corporation

Steve Odland
Former Chairman & CEO
Office Depot, Inc.

James W. Owens
Chairman & CEO Emeritus
Caterpillar Inc.

Joseph A. Pichler
Retired Chairman & CEO
The Kroger Co.

Thomas J. Pritzker
Chairman of the Board
Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Franklin D. Raines
Retired Chairman & CEO
Fannie Mae

Steven S Reinemund
Dean of Business
Wake Forest University

Patricia F. Russo
Former Chief Executive Officer
Alcatel-Lucent

Thomas M. Ryan
Retired Chairman & CEO
CVS Caremark

Stephen W. Sanger
Retired Chairman & CEO
General Mills, Inc.

Ivan Seidenberg
Retired Chairman & CEO
Verizon Communications

Sidney Taurel
Chairman Emeritus
Eli Lilly and Company

Myron E. Ullman
Executive Chairman
J.C. Penney Company

Daniel Vasella
Chairman
Novartis International AG

G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Retired Chairman & CEO
General Motors Corporation

Ronald A. Williams
Chairman & CEO
RW2 Enterprises, LLC

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FORMER CHAIRMEN

1933	Gerard Swope	1971-72	William M. Batten
1934	S. Clay Williams	1973-74	David Packard
1934-35	Henry P. Kendall	1975-76	Edmund W. Littlefield
1936	George H. Mead	1977-78	John D. deButts
1937-39	W. Averell Harriman	1979-80	Reginald H. Jones
1940-41	William L. Batt	1981-82	Walter B. Wriston
1942-43	R. R. Deupree	1983-84	Clifton C. Garvin, Jr.
1944-45	Thomas B. McCabe	1985-86	Ruben F. Mettler
1946	George M. Humphrey	1987-88	S.D. Bechtel, Jr.
1947-48	John L. Collyer	1989-90	Roger B. Smith
1949-50	James S. Knowlson	1991-92	John F. Welch, Jr.
1951-52	Robert T. Stevens	1993-94	Robert E. Allen
1953	John D. Biggers	1995-96	Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.
1954-55	Harold Boeschenstein	1997-98	Larry Bossidy
1956-57	Eugene Holman	1999-00	Ralph S. Larsen
1958-59	S. D. Bechtel	2001-02	William T. Esrey
1960-61	Ralph J. Cordiner	2003-04	Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
1961-62	Roger M. Blough	2005-06	Jeffrey R. Immelt
1963-64	F. R. Kappel	2007-08	W. James McNerney, Jr.
1965-66	W.B. Murphy	2009-10	James W. Owens
1967-68	Albert L. Nickerson
1969-70	Fred J. Borch