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Future of Work Initiative National Advisory Council

Announced in December 2017, the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative’s National Advisory Council is comprised of leaders from business, labor, academia and public policy. The Advisory Council brings together a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives to help better understand the challenges and opportunities presented by the changing nature of the economy and the impact that it is having on work. Future of Work Initiative National Advisory Council Members: Jack Markell National Advisory Council Chair Former Governor of Delaware Glenn Hubbard National Advisory Council Co-Chair Dean Emeritus and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, and former Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush Penny Pritzker National Advisory Council Co-Chair Founder and Chairman of PSP Capital and Pritzker Realty Group, and former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce under President Barack Obama Wally Adeyemo President of the Obama Foundation, former Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics and Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council under President Barack Obama Kelly Ayotte Former Senator from New Hampshire John Bailey Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Mayor Luke Bronin Hartford, Connecticut Sylvia M. Burwell President of American University, and former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pablo Chavez Vice President, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google Cloud Maureen Conway Vice President for Policy Programs at the Aspen Institute and Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program Gary Edson Principal, Civic Enterprises, and former Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council and National Security Council under President George W. Bush Ron Haskins Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, and Co-Director, Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution James Manyika Chairman and Director of the McKinsey Global Institute, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company Mario Morino Chairman of the Morino Institute, and Co-Founder and Director, Venture Philanthropy Partners Nigel Morris Co-Founder of Capital One Financial Services, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at QED Investors Janet Napolitano President of the University of California, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama, and former Governor of Arizona Scott Nathan Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and former Associate Director for General Government Programs at the Office of Management and Budget in the Obama Administration Eduardo Padrón President Emeritus of Miami Dade College Ai-jen Poo Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Director of Caring Across Generations Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester David Rolf Founder and President Emeritus, SEIU 775; Chairman, Working Washington and Fair Work Center; Author, The Fight for Fifteen (The New Press, 2016), A Roadmap to Rebuilding Worker Power (The Century Foundation, 2018) Brian Sheth Co-Founder and President, Vista Equity Partners Kristen Silverberg Executive Vice President for Policy at Business Roundtable, and former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs under President George W. Bush Marco Zappacosta Co-Founder and CEO, Thumbtack, Inc. Jeff Zients CEO, The Cranemere Group, and former Director of the White House National Economic Council under President Barack Obama The Initiative would like to acknowledge the late Dr. Alan Krueger who served as a member of its National Advisory Council. Dr. Krueger was a distinguished academic and devoted public servant. He served most recently as a Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University and previously as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy. Dr. Krueger’s work continues to have a significant impact on public policy and the field of economic research, and we remain grateful for his insights, participation, and friendship.