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Session 8: Perspectives on the Long-term Investment Climate
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Ellen Hughes-Cromwick
Ford Motor Company
NABE President
Ellen Hughes-Cromwick is a director and chief economist at Ford Motor Company. She joined Ford in 1996, and now directs the corporate economics group with major responsibility for the company’s global economic and automotive industry forecasts. Prior to joining Ford, she was a senior economist at Mellon Bank from 1990 to 1996, and assistant professor of economics at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, during the late 1980s. She served for two years as a staff economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers during the Reagan Administration. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s degree in international development, and a PhD in economics at Clark University in Massachusetts. She was recently appointed to the Congressional Budget Office Panel of Economic Advisers.
For the previous four consecutive years, Ellen has served as co-chair of NABE’s Annual March Policy Conference held in Washington, DC.
Abby Joseph Cohen
Goldman Sachs
Abby is President of the Global Markets Institute and senior investment strategist. She serves on the firm’s Investment Retirement Committee. She became a partner in 1998 and has served on the Partnership Committee.
Abby joined Goldman Sachs in 1990 having specialized in quantitative strategy and economics at other major financial firms. She began her career as an economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC.
Abby’s extracurricular activities focus on education and public policy. She serves as a presidential councillor at Cornell University and on the boards of the Weill Cornell Medical College, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the Brookings Institution. She previously served as chair of the board of the AIMR, now known as the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, from which she received the Distinguished Service Award. Abby serves on the investment committees of Cornell University and Major League Baseball. She is on the board of the Council for Excellence in Government, the national board of the Smithsonian Institution, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Abby is a frequent guest lecturer at several universities and graduate schools of business.
Abby holds degrees in economics from Cornell University and The George Washington University. She has received three honorary doctorates, including one in engineering. Abby has been recognized as a leader in US portfolio strategy for more than 15 years, and has been ranked No. 1 by Institutional Investor magazine and Greenwich Associates. Her career is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study and a BusinessWeek cover story. She has been honored by many groups, including the Financial Women’s Association, New York Stock Exchange, the Wall Street Week Hall of Fame and leading financial publications.
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