These business leaders will have Trump’s ear
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday the 16 business executives who will form his “Strategic and Policy Forum,” a group designed to advise him on job growth.
“The Forum, which is composed of some of America’s most highly respected and successful business leaders, will be called upon to meet with the President frequently to share their specific experience and knowledge as the President implements his plan to bring back jobs and Make America Great Again,” a statement released by his transition team said.
The full list is below, from the Trump transition team: uStephen Schwarzman (Forum chairman), chairman, CEO and co-founder of Blackstone uPaul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners; former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission uMary Barra, chairman and CEO, General Motors uToby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic uJamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. uLarry Fink, chairman and CEO, BlackRock uBob Iger, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company uRich Lesser, president and CEO, Boston Consulting Group uDoug McMillon, president and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores uJim McNerney, former chairman, president, and CEO, Boeing uAdebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi, chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure Partners uGinni Rometty, chairman, president and CEO, IBM uKevin Warsh, Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics, Hoover Institute; former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System uMark Weinberger, global chairman and CEO, EY
uJack Welch, former chairman and CEO, General Electric
uDaniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winner; vice chairman of IHS Markit
A council of advisers focused on job growth is normal protocol. President Obama created one in 2011, which included McNerney and was led by Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric.