Alice M. Rivlin to Receive the Economic Club of New York Award for Leadership Excellence
NEW YORK, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Alice M. Rivlin, a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Department at the Brookings Institution; founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office and former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve System has been elected by the Economic Club of New York to receive its third Award for Leadership Excellence. Ms. Rivlin will receive the award and speak at a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on Tuesday, April 21, 2015.
"Alice Rivlin has had a tremendous impact on economic policy for decades," said William Dudley, Chairman of the Economic Club of New York and CEO and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. "Her clear headed voice and influence is still being felt in health care and budget reform. The Club is pleased to honor her and her contributions."
Ms. Rivlin replied, "I am delighted to be honored by the prestigious Economic Club of New York and to be on a short list with George Shultz and Paul Volcker."
The Economic Club of New York Award for Leadership Excellence is made possible by a personal gift from Peter G. Peterson, former Chairman of the Club, to be given biennially to an individual who has exhibited excellence in leadership in economic policy. The other two recipients of the Leadership Award were: George P. Shultz, former Secretary of State and Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve System.
About the Economic Club of New York
For 108 years, the Economic Club of New York, a non-partisan organization, has been one of the premier speaking platforms for economic policy addresses. Major figures of their time have used its podium to announce policy initiatives-from Nikita Khrushchev's speech on trade during his historic 1959 visit to the United States to John F. Kennedy making his case for tax cuts in 1962 to Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji predicting China would join the World Trade Organization in 1999.
The Club has nearly 1200 members from academia, business, finance and government. For more information: www.econclubny.org
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SOURCE Economic Club of New York
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