Before his nomination to the Treasury, Secretary Geithner served as the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he began on November 17, 2003. In that capacity, he served as the vice chairman and a permanent member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the group responsible for formulating the nation's monetary policy.
Secretary Geithner first joined the Department of Treasury in 1988 and worked in three administrations for five Secretaries of the Treasury in a variety of positions. He served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 1999 to 2001 under Secretaries Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers.
He was director of the Policy Development and Review Department at the International Monetary Fund from 2001 until 2003. Earlier in his career, Secretary Geithner worked for Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Secretary Geithner graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelor’s degree in government and Asian studies in 1983 and from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with a master’s in International Economics and East Asian Studies in 1985. He has studied Japanese and Chinese and has lived in East Africa, India, Thailand, China, and Japan.
He and his wife, Carole Sonnenfeld Geithner, have two children. « less
Government Positions
Federal Open Market Committee
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a...
Obama Cabinet
President Obama's Cabinet
Business Positions
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Powerful New York branch of the Federal...
Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Kissinger Associates, Inc., founded in 1982, is a New...
Other Positions & Memberships
Center for Global Development
International development organization
Group of Thirty
Influential group of financiers and economists
Council on Foreign Relations
The most prestigious US foreign policy think tank
RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation (Research ANd Development) is a nonprofit...
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Nonprofit research...
Wall Street Journal CEO Council
120 of the world’s most powerful chief...
Education
Services/Transactions
Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
Florida tennis camp
Family
Peter F Geithner
Long time head of the Ford Foundation’s Asia Division
Professional Associates
Paul H O'Neill
Treasury Secretary under George W Bush; former CEO of Alcoa
Rosie Rios
U.S. Treasurer
Lee Sachs
Top adviser to Tim Geithner
Friends & Colleagues
Alan B Krueger
Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Chief Economist for the...
Office/Staff
Mark Patterson
Chief of Staff to Tim Geithner
Steven Rattner
Banker, Ex-'Car Czar', Democratic Fundraiser
