Manuel H. Johnson is the co-chairman and senior partner in the investment and consulting firm of Johnson Smick International, Inc., (JSI). JSI invests with money management funds and provides information services on important economic and political policy changes in major countries that impact global financial institutions located throughout the world. Prior to assuming his current duties, Dr. Johnson was Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System where he served for four and a half years beginning in February 1986. Dr. Johnson served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1982-1986. From 1977 to 1994, Dr. Johnson was a professor of economics at George Mason University where he held the Koch Chair in International Economics. Dr. Johnson currently serves on the board of directors of the Morgan Stanley Funds Group, RBS Greenwich Capital Holdings, NVR Inc., Investment Company Institute, and is currently Chairman of the Financial Accounting Foundation, the organization that supervises the preparation of U.S. accounting standards. |