Newsweek: on Corporations

Elaine Chao: Public-private partnerships for innovating on infrastructure

The key to these futuristic leaps in transportation and infrastructure, said Chao, is to allow the private sector to invest and innovate. "The government doesn't have all the solutions, and we welcome responsible partners," she said. "Unfortunately, many of our states don't allow the private sector to invest in infrastructure. But they can be very helpful in terms of partnerships. The reality is that we cannot fund $1.5 trillion in direct federal funding; it will increase the deficit dramatically and will squeeze out the private sector."

Chao dismissed concerns that private partnerships could lead to a rise in cronyism. "Some people in Congress have a distrustful view of the private sector," she said. "The private sector should help to educate these lawmakers on public-private partnerships."

Jon Huntsman: Aggressively pro-business agenda as governor

Neil Gorsuch: Taught law school courses on anti-trust and legal ethics

He is married, has two daughters and lives in Boulder, where he is also an adjunct law professor at the University of Colorado. He has taught law courses on antitrust issues and legal ethics and professionalism, according to his biography on the university's website. He also wrote a 2009 book that argues against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

His mother, the late Anne Gorsuch, was the first female director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under then-President Ronald Reagan.