Laura Tyson

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Laura Tyson
2nd Director of the National Economic Council
In office February 21, 1995 – December 12, 1996
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Robert Rubin
Succeeded by	Gene Sperling
16th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office February 5, 1993 – April 22, 1995
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Michael Boskin
Succeeded by	Joseph Stiglitz
Personal details
Born	Laura D'Andrea (1947-06-28) June 28, 1947 (age 76) Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Smith College (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD)

Laura D'Andrea Tyson (born June 28, 1947) is an American economist and university administrator who is currently a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Berggruen Institute. She served as the 16th Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 1993 to 1995 and 2nd Director of the National Economic Council from 1995 to 1996 under President Bill Clinton. Tyson was the first woman to hold each of those posts.^[1] She remains the only person to have served in both posts.