Austan Goolsbee Facts for Kids

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26th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office September 10, 2010 – August 5, 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Christina Romer
Succeeded by	Alan Krueger

Personal details
Born	Austan Dean Goolsbee August 18, 1969 (1969-08-18) (age 51) Waco, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Yale University (BA, MA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)

Austan Dean Goolsbee (born August 18, 1969) is an American economist. Goolsbee was the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. He was a member of the cabinet of President Barack Obama and an acting fill-in anchor for WGN-TV in Chicago.

Cabinet of President Barack Obama (2009 – )

Cabinet

Secretary of State	Hillary Clinton (2009 – 2013) * John Kerry (2013 – present)

Secretary of the Treasury	Tim Geithner (2009 – 2013) * Jack Lew (2013 – present)

Secretary of Defense	Robert Gates (2009 – 2011) * Leon Panetta (2011 – 2013) * Chuck Hagel (2013 – 2015) * Ashton Carter (2015 – present)

Attorney General	Eric Holder (2009 – 2015) * Loretta Lynch (2015 – present)

Secretary of the Interior	Ken Salazar (2009 – 2013) * Sally Jewell (2013 – present)

Secretary of Agriculture	Tom Vilsack (2009 – present)

Secretary of Commerce	Gary Locke (2009 - 2011) * John Bryson (2011 – 2012) * Penny Pritzker (2013 – present)

Secretary of Labor	Hilda Solis (2009 – 2013) * Thomas Perez (2013 – present)

Secretary of Health and Human Services	Kathleen Sebelius (2009 – 2014) * Sylvia Mathews Burwell (2014 – present)

Secretary of Education	Arne Duncan (2009 – 2015) * John King, Jr. (2016 – present)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Shaun Donovan (2009 – 2014) * Julian Castro (2014 – present)

Secretary of Transportation	Ray LaHood (2009 – 2013) * Anthony Foxx (2013 - present)

Secretary of Energy	Steven Chu (2009 – 2013) * Ernest Moniz (2013 – present)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Eric Shinseki (2009 – 2014) * Robert A. McDonald (2014 – present)

Secretary of Homeland Security	Janet Napolitano (2009 – 2013) * Jeh Johnson (2013 – present)

Cabinet-level

Vice President	Joe Biden

White House Chief of Staff	Rahm Emanuel (2009 – 2011) * William M. Daley (2011 – 2012) * Jack Lew (2012 – 2013) * Denis McDonough (2013 – present)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Lisa P. Jackson (2009 – 2013) * Bob Perciasepe (2013 – present)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Peter Orszag * Jacob J. Lew (2010 – 2012) * Sylvia Mathews Burwell (2013 – present)

Director of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske (2009 – present)

Trade Representative	Ron Kirk (2009 – 2013) * Michael Froman (2013 – present)

Ambassador to the United Nations	Susan Rice (2009 – 2013) * Samantha Power (2013 – present)

Chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers

Nourse Keyserling Burns Saulnier Heller Ackley Okun McCracken Stein Greenspan Schultze Weidenbaum Feldstein Sprinkel Boskin Tyson Stiglitz Yellen Baily Hubbard Mankiw Rosen Bernanke Lazear Romer Goolsbee Krueger Furman Hassett Philipson (Acting)

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