Erskine Bowles

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Erskine Bowles
Bowles in 2010
16th President of the University of North Carolina system
In office October 3, 2005 – December 31, 2010
Preceded by	Molly Corbett Broad
Succeeded by	Thomas W. Ross
Co-Chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
In office February 18, 2010 – December 1, 2010 Serving with Alan Simpson
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
19th White House Chief of Staff
In office January 20, 1997 – October 20, 1998
President	Bill Clinton
Deputy	Sylvia Mathews Burwell John Podesta
Preceded by	Leon Panetta
Succeeded by	John Podesta
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
In office October 3, 1994 – January 11, 1996
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Philip Lader
Succeeded by	Evelyn S. Lieberman
18th Administrator of the Small Business Administration
In office May 7, 1993 – October 3, 1994
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Pat Saiki
Succeeded by	Philip Lader
Personal details
Born	(1945-08-08) August 8, 1945 (age 78) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Crandall Close ​ (m. 1971)​
Children	3
Parent	Skipper Bowles (father)
Education	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) Columbia University (MBA)

Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He served as the 19th White House Chief of Staff from January 1997 to October 1998, under President Bill Clinton, and as the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2005 to 2010.^[1] He also ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 2002 and 2004 to represent North Carolina.

In 2010, Bowles served as the Democratic co-chair of President Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform with Alan Simpson.^[2] Bowles and Simpson founded an advocacy group, The Campaign to Fix the Debt.^[3]