For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 7, 2005
Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today signed the Executive Order
establishing the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. The
bipartisan panel will advise the Secretary of the Treasury on options
to reform the tax code to make it simpler, fairer, and more
pro-growth.
The President intends to appoint this distinguished group of
experts to the Panel:
Connie Mack III (Chairman), Senior Advisor, Shaw Pittman LLP and
former U.S. Senator. Senator Mack served as Chairman of the Joint
Economic Committee and was a member of the Finance and Banking
committees.
John Breaux (Vice-Chairman), former U.S. Senator. Senator Breaux
served on the Finance Committee and the sub-committee on Taxation and
IRS Oversight.
William Eldridge Frenzel, former Member of the U.S. House of
Representatives. Mr. Frenzel served on the Budget Committee and the
Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Frenzel is a Guest Scholar at the
Brookings Institution.
Elizabeth Garrett, Professor of Law, University of Southern
California. Ms. Garrett served as Legislative Director and Tax and
Budget Counsel to former U.S. Senator David L. Boren.
Edward P. Lazear, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Professor
of Human Resources, Management and Economics, Stanford University's
Graduate School of Business. Mr. Lazear is the founding editor of the
Journal of Labor Economics.
Timothy J. Muris, Foundation Professor, George Mason School of Law
and Of Counsel, O'Melveny & Myers LLP. Mr. Muris served as Chairman of
the Federal Trade Commission from 2001 to 2004.
James Michael Poterba, Department of Economics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Mr. Poterba serves as Associate Department
Head. He has taught at MIT since 1982.
Charles O. Rossotti, Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group. Mr.
Rossotti served from 1997 to 2002 as Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
He formerly served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of American Management Systems.
Liz Ann Sonders, Chief Investment Strategist, Charles Schwab. Ms.
Sonders joined U.S. Trust, a division of Charles Schwab, in 1999 as a
Managing Director and member of its Investment Policy Committees.
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