The White House recently announced President Obama’s appointment of Harvard Economics Professor James Stock as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
He is the Chief Economist for the Council of Economic Advisers within the Executive Office and has held that position since 2012.
Professor Stock is the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy in the department of Economics at Harvard University and holds a dual appointment at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He served as Chair of the Harvard Economics Department from 2006 to 2009. His research interests are in macroeconomic forecasting, monetary policy, and the construction and use of leading and coincident economic indicators. He is currently on leave.
Reuters: "Obama names Stock as member of Council of Economic Advisers" February 1, 2013