Some of what I’ve got:
Timothy Franz Geithner - the 75th and current United States Secretary of the Treasury, serving under President Barack Obama. He was previously the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Geithner’s position includes a large role in directing the Federal Government’s economic response to the financial crisis which began after December 2007. Specific tasks include directing the allocation of $350 billion of Wall Street bailout funds. He is currently dealing with multiple high visibility issues, including the survival of the automobile industry, the restructuring of banks, financial institutions and insurance companies, recovery of the mortgage market, demands for protectionism, Obama’s new tax proposals, and relations with foreign governments that are dealing with similar crises.
Geithner’s maternal grandfather, Charles F. Moore, was an adviser to President Eisenhower and vice president of Ford Motor Company, according to Wikipedia. Geithner’s wife Carole Marie, like Geithner a 1983 graduate of Dartmouth College (Ivy League), is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sonnenfeld of Princeton, N.J., a professor of French and comparative literature at Princeton University (Ivy League) for 27 years.”
Thus, Obama and Tim Geithner most probably were childhood friends.
From his NYT wedding announcement:
CAROLE M. SONNENFELD WED TO T. F. GEITHNER
Published: June 9, 1985
Carole Marie Sonnenfeld and Timothy Franz Geithner, 1983 graduates of Dartmouth College, were married yesterday at his parents’ summer home in East Orleans, Mass. The Rev. Thomas Keehn, a United Church of Christ minister, officiated.
Mrs. Geithner, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sonnenfeld of Princeton, N.J., is a research associate for Common Cause, a public-affairs lobbying group in Washington. Her father is a professor of French and comparative literature at Princeton University. Her mother, Portia Sonnenfeld, is conductor of the Chamber Symphony of Princeton.
Mr. Geithner, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Geithner (my bold) of Larchmont, N.Y., graduated from the International School of Bangkok, Thailand. His father is the program officer in charge of developing countries for the Ford Foundation (again, my bold). His mother, Deborah Geithner, is a piano teacher.
Mary P. Schowalter was maid of honor. Mr. Geithner was best man for his son
http://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/09/style/carole-m-sonnenfeld-wed-to-t-f-geithner.html
According to reports, in 1997 he was instrumental in pushing then Treasury Secretary Rubin to OK a bailout of South Korea.
Geithner also was reportedly behind the $29 billion guarantee against losses that the Fed made to JP Morgan when JPM purchased Bear Stearns. The guarantees against losses, it should be noted was in addition to the fact that JPM stole Bear Stearns at a huge discount from its liquidation value.
His interventionist credentials are pretty well established on Wall Street. Here’s Larry Kudlow’s thinking on Geithner ans the next tranche of the $700 Billion Paulson boondoggle:
As for the TARP bailout story, it is generally believed that Geithner is a strong interventionist. And so we can expect him to move toward raising the second $350 billion tranche of the originally authorized $700 billion package by Congress
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2008/11/tim-geither-in-profile.html
Geithner’s father Peter is director of the Asia program at the Ford Foundation, a New World Order operation.
His maternal grandfather, Charles Moore, was a vice president at Ford Motor Co. from 1952-63, according to Peter Geithner, the secretary’s father.
I figured most of you new about it, and I do read the forum, I thought perhaps it was posted here at one time.
Good grief, what do you see is the big picture?
Are we just now realizing we have been fooled for many years?
Ford Foundation Annual Report 1981:
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
Alexander Heard, chairman
Doris A. Van Duzer, executive assistant
* The staff list reflects the organization of the Foundation as of June 1, 1982.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Franklin A. Thomas, president
Marjorie E. Thomas, executive assistant to the president
Francis X. Sutton, deputy vice president
Louis Winnick, deputy vice president
Brock Brower, advisor to the president
PROGRAM DIVISION
U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAMS
Susan V. Berresford, vice president
Roberta Lynch, administrative officer
Kathryn H. Mitchell, assistant administrative officer
Molly Jones, executive assistant
DEVELOPING COUNTRY PROGRAMS
William D. Carmichael, vice president
Peter F. Geithner, program officer in charge
Richard A. Horovitz, program officer
Sidney R. Jones, program officer (on study leave)
Jeffrey M. Puryear, program officer
Hazel A. Kellar, administrative officer
Peggy H. Greaves, assistant administrative officer
Elisa M. Scatena, assistant administrative officer
Ann W. Noyes, assistant administrative officer
Verna E. Gray, executive assistant
Urban Poverty
Bernard McDonald, program officer in charge
Oscar Harkavy, chief program officer
Edward J. Meade, Jr., chief program officer
Linda E. Atkinson, program officer
Gordon L. Berlin, program officer
Prudence Brown, program officer
Ghebre S. Mehreteab, program officer
Marsha R. Hunter, assistant program officer
Sharon L. Rowser, assistant program officer
Janet C. Koriath, administrative officer
Rural Poverty and Resources
Norman R. Collins, program officer in charge
Katharine W. McKee, program officer
Human Rights and Governance
Shepard L. Forman, program officer in charge
Amy S. Vance, program officer
Mary Lynn Walker, program officer
Kojo Bentsi-Enchill, assistant program officer
Diana L. Morris, assistant program officer
Theresa H. Lisniewski, assistant administrative officer
Education and Culture
Gladys Chang Hardy, program officer in charge
Sheila Biddle, program officer
Marcia A. Thompson, program officer
Nancy L. McCarthy, assistant program officer
Marion A. Coolen, administrative officer
International Affairs
Enid C. B. Schoettle, program officer in charge
Laurice H. Sarraf, administrative officer
Program-Related Investments
Barry D Gaberman, officer in charge
Clarence W. Arrington, program investment officer
Jan E. Jaffe, program investment officer
Ellen B. Potash, assistant program investment: officer
Marianne D. Inghilterra, assistant administrative officer
Other Program Officers:
John Bresnan, Robert W. Chandler, Richard C. Sheldon, Robert B. Goldmann, Richard C. Robarts
FIELD OFFICES
Andean Region and the Southern Cone
William S. Saint, Jr., representative
Antonio Muñoz-Nájar, assistant in population and executive officer
Robert G. Myers, program advisor
Brazil
David E. Goodman, representative
J. Michael Turner, program officer/project specialist
Patricia S. Sellers, assistant program officer
Mexico and Central America
Peter S. Cleaves, representative
David Winder, program officer
Bangladesh
Adrienne Germain, representative
Martin E. Hanratty, program officer
Florence E. McCarthy, project specialist
India
Lincoln C. Chen, representative
Vijay G. Pande, assistant representative
Robert J. H. Chambers, program officer
Carolyn M. Elliott, program officer
Roberto L. Lenton, program officer
David W. Seckler, program officer
Southeast Asia
Tom G. Kessinger, representative
Frances F. Korten, program officer
Wiley Henry Mosley, program officer
S. Ann Sutoro, program officer
Terance W. Bigalke, assistant to the representative
West Africa
Tyler S. Biggs, representative
Oyewole P. Owolabi, population and health coordinator
Deborah L. Zubow Prindle, program officer
Eastern and Southern Africa
Goran S. Hyden, representative
David B. Jones, program officer
Suzanne S. Saulniers, program officer
Craig A. Howard, assistant program officer
Edith Gitao, assistant to the representative
Stephen R. Lewis, project specialist
Middle East and North Africa
John D. Gerhart, representative
Charles R. Bailey, program officer
Ann M. Lesch, program officer
Cynthia L. Myntti, program officer
Norman J. Singer, assistant representative/project specialist
(interesting Spelling of Stanley Ann’s last name)
His dad was ‘Best Man’ at his wedding? That says a lot.