About The Department

Visiting Committee

Every department at MIT has a Visiting Committee that consists of distinguished scholars, department graduates, and several members of the MIT Corporation. These committees typically meet once every two years, at MIT, to hear reports from the Department Head, the faculty, and current students about the department’s health and future direction. These committees prepare reports for the President, Provost, and Chancellor that provide an important source of external evaluation for each department. The current members of the MIT Economics Department Visiting Committee (Academic Year 2012 - 2013) are listed below:

Chair:
Ms. Judy C. Lewent
GM `72
Retired, Executive Vice President & CFO
Merck & Co., Inc.

Mr. Armen A. Avanessians
`82 EE
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs & Company

Mr. Denis A. Bovin
`69 MG
Co-Chairman & Co-CEO
Stone Key Partners, LLC

Mr. John K. Castle
`63 EC
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Castle Harlan, Inc.

Dr. Morris Chang
`52 ME, ME `53, `55
Chairman and CEO
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Dr. Ching C. Chen
`63 PH, `63 MG, GM `65, EC `67
Chairman
Wan Hai Lines

Professor Avinash K. Dixit
EC `68
Department of Economics
Princeton University

Dr. Dwight M Jaffee
Willis Booth Professor
University of California Berkeley
Walter A. Haas School of Business

Mr. Mohammed A.L. Jameel
`78 CE
Abdul Latif Jameel Co., Ltd.

Ms. Abigail P. Johnson
President
Fidelity Investments

Professor Anil K. Kashyap
EC `89
University of Chicago
Booth School of Business

Ms. Grace J. Koo
`92 EC
Managing Director, Equities
Credit Suisse

Dr. Gary W. Loveman
EC `89
Chairman, President and CEO
Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Professor Frederic S. Mishkin
`73 EC, EC `76
Finance & Economics Division
Columbia University
Graduate School of Business

Mr. Gregory K. Palm
`70 EC
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Mr. Jeffrey L. Silverman
`68 MG
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Agman Partners

Mr. John A. Thain
`77 EE
Chairman and CEO
CIT Group Inc.

Professor Laura D. Tyson
EC `74
University of California, Berkeley
Haas School of Business

Dr. Hal R. Varian
`69 EC
Chief Economist
Google, Inc.