email from John Podesta

Dear All: I want to thank you for all the excellent work you have already done in support of President-Elect Obama and Vice President-Elect Biden. We will continue to call on your for your counsel and support. Tomorrow the President-Elect and Vice President-Elect will meet with an interim Transition Economic Advisory Board in Chicago to review the current challenges in the economy. Until permanent appointments are made, the Transition economic policy effort will be led by Dan Tarullo, assisted by Jason Furman, Austan Goolsbee, and several other senior people whom we expect to bring on board shortly. Dan Tarullo will serve as the sole point of contact with the Administration. It is obviously quite important that the Transition talk with one, consistent voice, so let me ask you all to continue the practice of not speaking to the press and, instead, forward all press inquiries to Transition Communications Director, Dan Pfeiffer. thanks, John sent by Sara Latham on behalf of John Podesta Presidential Transition office: 202 540 3042 *************************************************************** President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden To Hold Meeting With Transition Economic Advisory Board Press Conference Will Follow The Meeting Chicago - President-Elect Barack Obama will hold a meeting with his Transition Economic Advisory Board tomorrow, Friday November 7, 2008. There will be a pooled photo spray for the meeting. The press conference will be held at 1:30pm at the Hilton Chicago following the meeting. The members of the Transition Economic Advisory Board are below and all will participate in tomorrow's meeting. * David Bonior (Member House of Representatives 1977-2003) * Warren Buffet (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) * 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) Chicago, IL PRESS CONFERENCE Hilton Chicago Continental Ballroom 720 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605 Media Pre-set: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (Media will not have access to their equipment from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM Media Access: 11:00 AM Press Conference Begins: 1:30 PM Throw: 40 ft Cable run: 600 ft Workspace is available. Wireless internet is available at a charge. Live Truck Parking: On the north side of E. 8th St. between S. Michigan Ave. and S. Wabash Ave. Media parking is available at a charge on E. Balbo Ave. and Wabash Ave. Media Coverage: The press conference is open to the press. For credentials, please visit www.barackobama.com/mediarsvp<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1046148949&msgid=30882617&act=C6G9&c=106775&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barackobama.com%2Fmediarsvp> Contact for press logistical and planning purposes only: Johanna Maska, 515-745-3872, jmaska@barackobama.com<mailto:jmaska@barackobama.com>. ### FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, November 6, 2008 Contact: Obama-Biden Press Office (312) 819-2423