On November 24, 2008, Professor Christina Romer, an economist from the University of California at Berkeley, was announced as the chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.CNN: Obama names his economic team (November 24, 2008)
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Named as the chairman of President-Elect Obama's Council of Economic Advisers
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Economist at the University of California at Berkeley
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Co-director of Program in Monetary Economics at National Bureau of Economic ResearchUniversity of California, Berkeley: Christina D. Romer
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Class of 1957 Garff B. Wilson Professor of EconomicsUniversity of California, Berkeley: Christina D. Romer
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Assistant professor of public affairs and economics at Princeton UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley: Christina D. Romer
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Was going to transfer to a position at Harvard University in the spring of 2008, but the offer was rescinded by Harvard's president just before the moveWashingtonPost.com: Christina Romer to Head Obama's... (November 24, 2008)
