Tim Geithner

Timothy F. Geither will be the next Treasury Secretary of the United States, succeeding Henry Paulson.

Source: New York Federal Reserve Bank

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Kissinger and Associates in Washington, D.C., for three years, 1984-1987

U.S. Treasury Department, International Affairs division, 1987-1988 (CHECK)

U.S. Treasury Department, Deputy assistant secretary for international monetary and financial policy, 1995-1996

U.S. Treasury Department, Senior deputy assistant secretary for international affairs, 1996-1997

U.S. Treasury Department, Assistant secretary for international affairs, 1997–1998

U.S. Treasury Department, Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, 1998–2001 under Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers.

Council on Foreign Relations, Senior Fellow, 2002

International Monetary Fund, Director of the Policy Development and Review Department, 2001-2003

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, President, 2003-present

EDUCATION

Dartmouth College – A.B in government and Asian studies, 1983

Johns Hopkins – M.A. in International Economics and East Asian Studies, 1985.

MEMBERSHIPS

Bank for International Settlements (chairman) – Committee on payment and settlement systems, Center for Global Development – (Board of Directors),  Council on Foreign Relations, Economic Club of New York (trustee),  Group of Thirty

SPEECHES/TESTIMONY- From the New York Fed – last two years

Systemic Risk and Financial Markets Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, July 24, 2008

Reducing Systemic Risk in a Dynamic Financial System Remarks at The Economic Club of New York, New York City, June 09, 2008

Testimony by President Geithner Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Washington, D.C., April 03, 2008

The Current Financial Challenges: Policy and Regulatory Implications Remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations Corporate Conference 2008, New York City, March 06, 2008

Restoring Market Liquidity in a Financial Crisis Welcoming Remarks at the Second New York Fed-Princeton University Liquidity Conference, December 13, 2007

Economic Dynamics of Global Integration Remarks at the Forum on Global Leadership: U.S. Competitiveness in a Globally Integrated Economy, Washington, D.C., July 25, 2007

Reflections on the Asian Financial Crises Remarks at the Trends in Asian Financial Sectors Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, June 20, 2007

Asia, the World Economy and the International Financial System Remarks at the Economic Society of Singapore 2007 Annual Dinner, Singapore, June 13, 2007

Liquidity Risk and the Global Economy Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s 2007 Financial Markets Conference—Credit Derivatives, Sea Island, Georgia, May 15, 2007

Reflections on the Changing Global Economy Remarks at the 46th ACI Financial Markets Association World Congress, Montréal, Canada, May 04, 2007

Global Economic Integration: The Opportunities and the Challenges Remarks at The Euro and the Dollar: Pillars in Global Finance Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City, April 17, 2007

Credit Markets Innovations and Their Implications At the 2007 Credit Markets Symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 23, 2007

Liquidity and Financial Markets Keynote address at the 8th Annual Risk Convention and Exhibition, Global Association of Risk Professionals, New York City, February 28, 2007

Developments in the Global Economy and Implications for the United States Remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations’ C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics, New York City, January 11, 2007

PERSONAL

Married (Carole M. Sonnenfeld) in 1985. They have two children, Elise and Benjamin. In his spare time he fly-fishes, plays tennis and surfs. He has studied Japanese and Chinese and has lived in East Africa, India, Thailand, China, and Japan.