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Timothy Geithner on Foreign Policy

Secretary of Treasury-Designee


Lived in East Africa and in Asia; speaks Japanese & Chinese

Mr. Geithner graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelor’s degree in government and Asian studies in 1983 and from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with a master’s in International Economics and East Asian Studies in 1985. He has studied Japanese and Chinese and has lived in East Africa, India, Thailand, China, and Japan.
Source: N.Y. Federal Reserve Bank official biography , Jul 2, 2007

Director at the IMF, and staff of Kissinger Associates

Geithner was director of the Policy Development and Review Department at the International Monetary Fund from 2001 until 2003. Before joining the Treasury, Mr. Geithner worked for Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Source: N.Y. Federal Reserve Bank official biography , Jul 2, 2007

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