Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Biographical information on Timothy Geithner


By The Associated Press – 1 day ago


NAME — Timothy F. Geithner (GYT'-nur).

AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION — 47; Aug. 18, 1961, New York City.

EXPERIENCE — Nominated by President-elect Barack Obama as Treasury secretary, Nov. 24, 2008; chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2003-present; senior fellow in international economics, Council on Foreign Relations, February to August 2001; director of the Policy Development and Review Department of the International Monetary Fund, 2001-2003; under secretary of the Treasury for international affairs, 1998-2001; assistant financial attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, assistant secretary and senior deputy assistant secretary of Treasury for international affairs, Treasury Department, 1988-1998; Kissinger Associates Inc., 1985-1988.
EDUCATION — B.A., government and Asian studies, Dartmouth College, 1983; M.A. in international economics and East Asian studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 1985.

FAMILY — Wife, Carole Sonnenfeld Geithner; two children.




Note: CFR boldened and higlighlited for emphasis.............Arsenio