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Today I would like to announce the current members of both panels.
| Panel of Economic Advisers | Panel of Health Advisers |
| Katharine Abraham | Katherine Baicker |
| Alan Auerbach | Tom Betlach |
| Markus Brunnermeier | John Bertko |
| Mary Daly | Kate Bundorf |
| Steven Davis | Stuart Butler |
| Claudia Goldin | Lawrence Casalino |
| Robert Hall | Amitabh Chandra |
| Jan Hatzius | Michael Chernew |
| Anil Kashyap | Leemore Dafny |
| Lawrence Katz | David Dranove |
| Donald Kohn | Roger Feldman |
| Gregory Mankiw | Amy Finkelstein |
| Jonathan Parker | Jay Gellert |
| Adam Posen | Dana Goldman |
| James Poterba | Roy Goldman |
| Valerie Ramey | Brent James |
| Carmen Reinhart | David Lansky |
| Brian Sack | Thomas Lee |
| Robert Shimer | Peter Neumann |
| Justin Wolfers | Daniel Polsky |
| Mark Zandi | Lewis Sandy |
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Keith Hall is CBO’s Director.