Business Roundtable
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The Business Roundtable is a group of chief executive officers of major U.S. corporations formed to promote pro- business public policy.
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[edit] History
The group was formed in 1972 through the merger of three existing organizations: the March Group, consisting of chief executive officers who met informally to consider public policy issues; the Construction Users Anti-Inflation Roundtable, a group devoted to containing construction costs; and the Labor Law Study Committee, largely made up of labor relations executives of major companies.[1]
[edit] Officers
Top members of the board include:[2]
- Harold McGraw III, McGraw-Hill
- Edward B. Rust, Jr., State Farm Insurance
- Kenneth I. Chenault, American Express
- John J. Castellani, organization president
[edit] Further reading
- The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point, Haynes Johnson and David S. Broder, Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1996.
[edit] References
- ^ "About Us", Business Roundtable website
- ^ Business Roundtable web site accessed September 15, 2006
