On December 12, 1992, President-elect Bill Clinton announced his intention to nominate Tyson as Chairman of the President's
Council of Economic Advisers. She was confirmed by the
United States Senate in 1993 and served until her appointment as Director of the
National Economic Council from 1995 to 1996. She was the first woman in both roles. During her time with the
Clinton administration, Tyson was a spokesperson in favour of
GATT, arguing with Sir
James Goldsmith on
Charlie Rose that American jobs would be increased by the trade agreement. After leaving politics, Tyson returned to UC Berkeley, becoming Dean of the
Haas School of Business from 1998 to 2001. She later served as Dean of
London Business School from 2002 to 2006. She was the first woman to lead both institutions. Tyson has been a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations since 1987, a board director of
Morgan Stanley since 1997, a board director of
AT&T Inc. since 1999, and a board director of
Eastman Kodak. She is a member of the
Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. In December 2009 it was announced that Tyson would join
CB Richard Ellis Board of Directors on March 4, 2010. Tyson also sits on the
QFINANCE Strategic Advisory Board. Since 2019, she has served on the board of advisors for Angeleno Group, a private equity and venture capital firm focused on sustainable energy investments. in
Davos,
Switzerland, 2007 Tyson has published a number of books and articles on industrial competitiveness,
trade, and the economies of
Central Europe and their transitions to
market systems. and Tyson at AEA 2025 in San Francisco An "Economic Viewpoint" columnist for
BusinessWeek magazine, Tyson writes regularly about domestic and international economic policy matters in
The Washington Post,
The New York Times and other nationally and internationally syndicated newspapers and magazines. In addition to her professorship at UC Berkeley, Tyson is also a member of the board of trustees at UC Berkeley's Blum Center for Developing Economies. The center is focused on finding solutions to address the crisis of
extreme poverty and disease in the developing world. Tyson joined
Berkeley Research Group, LLC, an expert services advisory firm co-founded by
David Teece, as a special advisor in 2010. Tyson had consulted for
LECG, another expert advisory firm founded by Teece, from 1997 to 2001. Since 2012, she has written monthly columns for international media organization
Project Syndicate. In November 2013, Tyson founded the
Institute for Business and Social Impact at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. == References ==