Robert E. Rubin

Robert E. Rubin is a former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and is co-chairman emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, after concluding his 10-year term as co-chairman. He joined the Clinton administration in 1993, serving as assistant to the president for economic policy and the first director of the National Economic Council. He was named Treasury Secretary in 1995 and served until 1999. Bob joined Goldman, Sachs & Company in 1966 and served as co-chairman from 1990 to 1992. From 1999 to 2009, he served on the board at Citigroup and as a senior advisor. In 2010, he joined Centerview Partners as senior counselor of the firm. He serves on the board of Mount Sinai Health System and recently completed a 12-year term as a member of the Harvard Corporation and is now a member of its Finance Committee. He is one of the founders of The Hamilton Project, an economic policy project housed at the Brookings Institution, and is the author of In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington.