Christina Romer Facts for Kids

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25th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office January 28, 2009 – September 3, 2010
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Edward Lazear
Succeeded by	Austan Goolsbee

Personal details
Born	Christina Duckworth December 25, 1958 (1958-12-25) (age 62) Alton, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	David Romer
Education	College of William & Mary (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD)

Christina Duckworth Romer (née Duckworth; born December 25, 1958) is an American politician and economist. She was the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration. She resigned from her role on the Council of Economic Advisers on September 3, 2010.

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Romer meeting with President Obama and Vice President Biden.

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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