Dr. Edward Montgomery

President, Western Michigan University. Former Dean and Professor of Economics, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University; Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers and Executive Director of the White House Council for Auto Communities and Workers, U.S. Department of Labor; Former positions with the University of Maryland: Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Senior Associate Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland. Former positions with the U.S. Department of Labor: Deputy Secretary, Acting Deputy Secretary; Assistant Secretary for Policy; Counselor to the Secretary of Labor; Chief Economist; Member/Vice-chair, Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans. Former Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland; Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Michigan State University; Visiting Scholar, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie Mellon University; Assistant Head Tutor, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Product Estimator, Eastman Kodak.