Clinton Appoints New Members to Trade Policy Committee
U.S. Newswire
15 Jun 13:26
Clinton Appoints New Members to Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations
To: National Desk
Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2100
WASHINGTON, June 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Clinton today
announced his intent to appoint Thomas J. Donohue, Gerald Greenwald,
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Rhonda Karpatkin, and Robert Shapiro to be members of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations
(ACTPN).
Thomas J. Donohue, of Potomac, Md., took the helm of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce as President and Chief Executive Officer in 1997.
Donohue has been credited with bringing new vision and revitalization
to the Chamber. He established a new Institute for Legal Reform, and
lead the bid to modernize the Chamber's multimedia effort by making
business information and advocacy programs available on the World
Wide Web. Prior to returning to the Chamber where he was previously
a group Vice President, Donohue served for 13 years as President and
CEO of the American Trucking Association (ATA), the national
organization of the trucking industry. He currently serves on a
number of boards, including Marymount University, Sunrise Assisted
Living, and the Hudson Institute. Additionally, he is a member of
the Business Advisory Committee of the Transportation Center at
Northwestern University and President of the Center for International
Private Enterprise, a program of the National Endowment for
Democracy. Donohue earned a bachelor's degree from St. John's
University. He also holds honorary doctorate degrees from Adelphi,
St. John's, and Marymount Universities.
Gerald Greenwald, of Chicago, Ill., is Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of UAL Corporation and United Airlines, its
principal subsidiary company. President Clinton, in 1997, asked
Greenwald to lead the National Welfare to Work Partnership as it's
Chairman. Previously, he served as President of Olympia & York
Developments Ltd., Managing Director of Dillon Read & Co., Inc., and
as Corporate Controller and CEO for the Chrysler Corporation before
being named Vice Chairman. He currently serves on the boards of
Aetna, Time Warner and the Aspen Institute. Greenwald is a member of
the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Council on
Competitiveness, and serves on the Executive Committee of the
Economic Club of Chicago. Greenwald graduated cum laude form
Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School and received a master in
economics from Wayne State University.
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., of Greenwich, Conn., has been Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines (IBM)
Corporation since 1993. In addition to serving on the ACTPN, the
President Clinton has appointed him as a member of the National
Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Gerstner established
himself as a corporate leader prior to joining IBM, when he served as
Chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco, President of American Express
Company, and Chairman and CEO of its largest subsidiary, American
Express Travel Related Services Company. Extending his leadership
into the community, Gerstner serves on the boards of the Smithsonian
Institution, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the
America-China Society, the Council on Foreign Relations, the
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, and as
Vice Chairman of the New American schools Development Corporation.
He is also a co-author of Reinventing Education: Entrepreneurship in
America's Public Schools. Gerstner received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Engineering from Dartmouth College and earned an M.B.A. from
Harvard Business School.
Rhonda Karpatkin, of New York, celebrates 25 years as President of
Consumers Union of United States, Inc. Under her leadership,
Consumers Union has launched several publications including,
Consumers Reports, Zillions of Kids, Consumers Reports Travel Letter,
and Consumers Reports on Health. Karpatkin is also responsible for
establishing Consumers Union's National Testing and Research Center
for auto and product testing which contributes to greater product
information for consumers. Her international efforts include serving
two terms as President of Consumers International, now holding the
position of Honorary Secretary, and being active in international
human rights organizations. Karpatkin is a graduate of Brooklyn
College and Yale Law School.
Robert Shapiro of Washington D.C., is the Chairman, President, and
CEO of Monsanto Company, and has served in this capacity since 1995.
Since 1979, Shapiro has held several positions within what is now
Monsanto subsidiary, Searle, then moved into senior positions within
Monsanto once it acquired Searle in 1985. In addition to his private
sector background, Shapiro has taught law at Northern University in
Boston and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and been a public
servant at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Among the boards
on which Shapiro sits are Citicorp, Silicon Graphics, U.S.-Japan
Business Council, Rands Institute for Civil Justice, the Worcester
Foundation for Medical Research, and Tufts University's Board of
Overseers to the School of Nutrition. Shapiro earned his J.D. at
Columbia University School of Law.
The Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN)
provides overall policy and advice on matters concerning objectives
and bargaining positions before entering into a trade agreement and
other matters arising in connection with U.S. Trade policy. ACTPN
is broadly representative of key sectors and groups of the economy,
particularly with respect to those groups which are affected by
trade.
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