Name Gail Fosler Role Economist | Spouse R. Scott Fosler | |
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Books North American Outlook Update : 1995-1996, North American Outlook: 1999-2000, North American Outlook Education University of Southern California, New York University | ||
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Gail D. Fosler (born 1947) is president of The GailFosler Group, a strategic advisory service for global business leaders and public policymakers.
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Early life
Fosler received her B.A. in economics from the University of Southern California and her M.B.A. in finance from New York University.
Career
Fosler is former president and trustee of The Conference Board, and is a member of The Conference Board’s Global Advisory Council. Fosler served as president of The Conference Board from October 2007 to December 2009. From 1989-2008, she served as chief economist. In 2004, she assumed responsibility as executive vice president for expanding the international presence and operations of The Conference Board.
Prior to her time at The Conference Board, Fosler served as deputy staff director and chief economist of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget. Fosler developed frameworks and forecasts for congressional budget debates and acted as a key negotiator on fiscal, monetary, and budget process initiatives for the committee.
Fosler is a director of Shire plc. She is a past director of Baxalta Incorporated, Swiss Re America Holding Corp., Caterpillar Inc., Baxter International and DBS Holdings (Singapore), among others, and a past trustee of John Hancock Mutual Funds.
She is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and the Bretton Woods Committee, and a former trustee and Executive Committee member of the National Bureau of Economic Research. She is an affiliated expert for the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a member of the Advisory Board of ReliaMax Holding Company, and recently served as a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings.
She has served on the Advisory Panel to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Chatham House Gold Task Force and as a trustee of The Economic Club of New York. She also chairs the board of directors of the Deschner Corporation, a family-owned hydraulic speed-control business in Santa Ana, California.
Fosler was twice named America’s most accurate economic forecaster by The Wall Street Journal.