Nonprofit economics thinktank founded in 1981.  Renamed the Peterson Institute in 2006.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| Martin N. Baily | Economist | 1945 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 1995-96, 1999-2001 | 
| C. Fred Bergsten | Economist | 23-Apr-1941 |  | Institute for International Economics | 
| Conrad Black | Business | 25-Aug-1944 |  | Rapacious newspaper mogul | 
| Lester R. Brown | Activist | 28-Mar-1934 |  | Earth Policy Institute | 
| George David | Business | 7-Apr-1942 |  | CEO of United Technologies | 
| Jessica P. Einhorn | Government | c. 1945 |  | Dean, School of Advanced International Studies | 
| Kristin J. Forbes | Economist | 21-Aug-1970 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-05 | 
| Jeffrey A. Frankel | Economist | 5-Nov-1952 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99 | 
| Alan Greenspan | Economist | 6-Mar-1926 |  | Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 | 
| Carla Hills | Diplomat | 3-Jan-1934 |  | US Trade Representative, 1989-93 | 
| Douglas Holtz-Eakin | Economist | 3-Feb-1958 |  | McCain chief economic advisor | 
| Nicholas R. Lardy | Economist | c. 1946 |  | Senior fellow, Institute for International Economics | 
| Robert Z. Lawrence | Economist | c. 1948 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 1999-2001 | 
| Donald F. McHenry | Diplomat | 13-Oct-1936 |  | US Ambassador to the UN, 1979-81 | 
| Michael L. Mussa | Economist | 15-Apr-1944 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 1986-88 | 
| Joseph S. Nye | Government | 19-Jan-1937 |  | Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94 | 
| Paul O'Neill | Government | 4-Dec-1935 |  | US Treasury Secretary, 2001-02 | 
| David J. O'Reilly | Business | 1947 |  | CEO of Chevron, 2005-09 | 
| Hutham S. Olayan | Business | c. 1954 |  | Olayan Group | 
| James W. Owens | Business | c. 1946 |  | CEO of Caterpillar, 2004-10 | 
| Frank H. Pearl | Business | 27-May-1943 | 4-May-2012 | CEO of Perseus LLC | 
| Peter G. Peterson | Business | 5-Jun-1926 |  | Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations | 
| Victor Pinchuk | Business | 14-Dec-1960 |  | Billionaire, Interpipe Corporation | 
| Adam Posen | Scholar | ? |  | Institute for International Economics | 
| David Rockefeller | Business | 12-Jun-1915 |  | Founder of the Trilateral Commission | 
| Kenneth S. Rogoff | Economist | 22-Mar-1953 |  | Harvard economist | 
| David M. Rubenstein | Business | c. 1949 |  | Director of the Carlyle Group | 
| George Shultz | Government | 13-Dec-1920 |  | US Secretary of State, 1982-89 | 
| Matthew J. Slaughter | Economist | c. 1968 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 2005-07 | 
| George Soros | Business | 12-Aug-1930 |  | Financial speculator | 
| Lawrence H. Summers | Economist | 30-Nov-1954 |  | US Treasury Secretary, 1999-2001 | 
| Laura D. Tyson | Economist | 28-Jun-1947 |  | Dean of London Business School | 
| Paul Volcker | Economist | 5-Sep-1927 |  | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87 | 
| Dennis Weatherstone | Business | 29-Nov-1930 | 13-Jun-2008 | CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94 | 
| Ed Whitacre, Jr. | Business | 4-Nov-1941 |  | Chairman and CEO of General Motors, 2009-10 | 
| Marina v.N. Whitman | Economist | 6-Mar-1935 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 1972-73 | 
| Paul Wonnacott | Economist | 16-Mar-1933 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93 | 
| Ernesto Zedillo | Head of State | 27-Dec-1951 |  | President of Mexico, 1994-2000 |