Strategic and Policy Forum explained

The President's Strategic and Policy Forum was a business forum created by the U.S. President Donald Trump to give the president perspectives from business leaders on how to create jobs and improve growth for the U.S. economy. It consisted of 16 members chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, the co-founder of private equity firm The Blackstone Group, and started holding gatherings in February 2017.^[1]

Following the withdrawal of several members, on August 16, 2017, Trump disbanded the Strategic and Policy Forum as well as the American Manufacturing Council.^{[2] [3]}

Members

Former members of the forum:^[4]

• Paul S. Atkins – CEO of Patomak Global Partners and former commissioner of the SEC
• Mary Barra – chairwoman and CEO of General Motors
• Toby Cosgrove – president and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic
• Kenneth C. Griffin – chairman, president, and CEO of Citadel LLC
• Jamie Dimon* – chairman, president, and CEO of JPMorgan Chase
• Larry Fink – chairman and CEO of BlackRock
• Kenneth Frazier* – chairman and CEO of Merck & Co.
• Bob Iger* – chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company
• Travis Kalanick* – chairman and CEO of Uber
• Brian Krzanich* – CEO of Intel
• Rich Lesser – president and CEO of the Boston Consulting Group
• Doug McMillon – president and CEO of Walmart Stores
• Jim McNerney – former president and CEO of Boeing
• Elon Musk* – president and CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX
• Indra Nooyi – chairwoman and CEO of PepsiCo
• Adebayo Ogunlesi – chairman and managing partner at Global Infrastructure Partners
• Kevin Plank* – chairman and CEO of Under Armour
• Ginni Rometty – chairwoman, president, and CEO of IBM
• Stephen Schwarzman* – co-founder, chairman, and CEO of The Blackstone Group
• Kevin Warsh – distinguished visiting fellow in economics at the Hoover Institute and former governor of the Federal Reserve
• Mark Weinberger – chairman and CEO of EY
• Jack Welch – former chairman and CEO of General Electric
• Daniel Yergin – Pulitzer Prize-winning author and vice chairman of IHS Markit

* Resigned prior to dissolution.

Resignations and disbandment

Prior to its dissolution, a number of members had resigned, including Elon Musk (protesting against the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate agreement),^[5] Travis Kalanick,^{[6] [7]} Bob Iger, Ken Frazier, Brian Krzanich, Kevin Plank, Stephen Schwarzman and Jamie Dimon. Most of the resignations were in protest of President Trump's statements regarding the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.^[8]

On August 16, 2017, following five members' resignations, President Trump announced via Twitter he was disbanding the forum.^[2]

See also

• American Manufacturing Council (January–August 2017) – a similar board also disbanded

Notes and References

1. News: Trump Taps Steve Schwarzman, Jamie Dimon And Mary Barra For Advice On Job Creation, Growth. Forbes.
2. Web site: Trump Ends C.E.O. Advisory Councils as Main Group Acts to Disband. David. Gelles. Landon Jr.. Thomas. Kate. Kelly. August 16, 2017. August 16, 2017. The New York Times.
3. Web site: Business councils disband over Trump remarks. August 16, 2017. BBC News.
4. Web site: Feloni. Richard. Here are the 17 executives who met with Trump for his first business advisory council. Business Insider. 15 August 2017.
5. Web site: President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Members of President's Strategic and Policy Forum. December 14, 2016. Donald Trump presidential transition official website. December 20, 2016. September 5, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170905120741/https://greatagain.gov/president-elect-trump-announces-additional-members-of-presidents-strategic-and-policy-forum-8aa8822eced9#.4coc2gtxc.
6. News: Milliken . Grennan . Trump Critic Elon Musk Chosen for Presidential Advisory Team . Motherboard . Vice Media LLC . 2016-12-14 . 2016-12-15 .
7. Web site: Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism. Mike. Isaac. The New York Times. February 2, 2017.
8. News: Edelman. Adam. Ruhle. Stephanie. Trump Dissolves Business Advisory Councils as CEOs Quit. NBC News. August 17, 2017. August 17, 2017.