Obama holds Press Conference for Economic Transition Team on Nov. 7, 2008 at “Say Cheese”

On Friday, November 7, 2008, President-Elect Barack Obama will introduce his Economic Transition Advisers, which includes Warren Buffett, Robert Rubin, and Robert Reich.

President-Elect Barack Obama is signaling quick movement on the economy, with his advisers moments ago rolling out a list of important economic figures who will serve on his Transition Economic Advisory Board.

Obama and Joe Biden will meet with the group on Friday, November 7, 2008 and hold a press conference afterwards, Camp Obama announces.

The group includes a bunch of expected names. There’s Warren Buffett (who endorsed Obama) and Governor Jennifer Granholm, as well as some heavy-hitters from the Clinton universe, like Robert Rubin and Robert Reich.

Also serving: Harvard’s Lawrence Summers and former Federal Reserve chair Paul Volcker.

Obama’s press conference — which will take place on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 2:30 P.M. ET, is likely to be a media zoo, both because it will offer clues to Obama’s first moves on the economy and because it’s his first press conference as President-Elect.

David Bonior (Member House of Representatives 1977-2003)
Warren Buffett (Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway)-will participate via speakerphone
Roel Campos (former SEC Commissioner)
William Daley (Chairman of the Midwest, JP Morgan Chase; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Commerce, 1997-2000)
William Donaldson (Former Chairman of the SEC 2003-2005)
Roger Ferguson (President and CEO, TIAA-CREF and former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve)
Gov. Jennifer Granholm (Governor, State of Michigan)
Anne Mulcahy (Chairman and CEO, Xerox)
Richard Parsons (Chairman of the Board, Time Warner)
Penny Pritzker (CEO, Classic Residence by Hyatt)
Robert Reich (University of California, Berkeley; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Labor, 1993-1997)
Robert Rubin (Chairman and Director of the Executive Committee, Citigroup; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Treasury, 1995-1999)
Eric Schmidt (Chairman and CEO, Google)
Lawrence Summers (Harvard University; Managing Director, D.E. Shaw; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Treasury, 1999-2001)
Laura Tyson (Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; Former Chairman, National Economic Council, 1995-1996; Former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisors, 1993-1995)
Antonio Villaraigosa (Mayor, City of Los Angeles)
Paul Volcker (Former Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve 1979-1987)