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Edward Tufte was appointed by President Obama to help "track and explain $787 billion in recovery stimulus funds"
Edward Tufte Presidential Appointment
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 5, 2010
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON
President Obama announced his intent to appoint several individuals to serve on the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel. Their
bios are below.
President Obama said, "These impressive individuals will be valued additions to our team as we work to confront the challenges
facing our nation. I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come."
Steven Koch, Appointee for Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel
Steven Koch is a Vice Chairman and Co-Chairman of Credit Suisse's Mergers and Acquisitions Group. He joined Credit Suisse in
1985. Mr. Koch also teaches in the Director's Consortium, a semi-annual seminar he helped to organize, that is sponsored by
the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Stanford
Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Law School. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sinai Health
System in Chicago and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, The Board of Trustees of
the Francis W. Parker School and the Green Ribbon Committee of the Chicago Climate Action Plan. Mr. Koch received his J.D.
from the University of Chicago Law School, his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his B.A. from
Hampshire College.
Chris Sale, Appointee for Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel
Chris Sale is Vice President for Development Finance at CHF International where she provides guidance and informs policy for
the CHF International's microenterprise, housing finance, and small to medium enterprise lending programs. Ms. Sale has more
than twenty years of experience in finance and development, having served as the Deputy Advisor for External Relations for the
Inter-American Development Bank, Deputy to the Chairman and CFO of the FDIC, COO of the US Small Business Administration,
among other positions. She is currently a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and the Finance and
Investment Chair for the National Partnership for Women and Families. She received an MBA from American University and
completed her undergraduate work at Boston University.
Malcolm K. Sparrow, Appointee for Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel
Malcolm K. Sparrow is a Professor of the Practice of Public Management at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where he
has been teaching since 1988. Before joining the Harvard University faculty, Dr. Sparrow served 10 years with the British Police
Service, gaining extensive experience in criminal investigation and rising to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector. At Harvard his
research and teaching has focused on the distinctive challenges faced by regulatory and law enforcement agencies as they seek
to control risks and threats of various kinds. Dr. Sparrow has authored several books and worked closely with U.S. and overseas
regulators on issues including crime, terrorism, corruption, fraud, environmental protection, safety management and regulatory
compliance. He holds a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, a MPA from the
Kennedy School, and a MA in mathematics from Cambridge University.
Edward Tufte, Appointee for Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel
Edward Tufte is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University. He wrote, designed,
and self-published The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Envisioning Information, Visual Explanations, and Beautiful
Evidence, which have received 40 awards for content and design. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
the Guggenheim Foundation, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Society for Technical
Communication, and the American Statistical Association. He received his PhD in political Science from Yale University and BS
and MS in statistics from Stanford University.
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From ET:
I will be serving on the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel. This Panel advises The Recovery Accountability and Transparency
Board, whose job is to track and explain $787 billion in recovery stimulus funds:
Submitted by alex on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 05:16