During his presidential campaign List of economic advisors to Donald Trump

trump released initial details of economic policies when campaign officially began in june 2015, , more details during first republican debates began in august 2015. although critical of aspects of trump s economic plans, increasing tariffs opposed free trade policies, larry kudlow , steve moore agree join trump campaign advisors. although presidential candidates had announced team of formal economic advisors october 2015, @ time trump still relied upon business background inform economic plan (carly fiorina other candidate relied upon own background in business in phases of campaign). in addition own business expertise, trump had network of contacts served informal economic advisors during campaign, including carl icahn. late july 2016, however, kudlow , moore still not official advisors, despite having helped craft of trump s policy-positions related taxation instance.

during general election

trump released list of campaign s official economic advisers in august 2016, anti-establishment , therefore included few people governmental experience, yet @ same time aimed include of elites of business , finance, people well-known names.

although of names new, existing trump advisers david malpass, peter navarro, stephen moore, , dan dimicco on list, formally led stephen miller, national policy director, , directly led deputy policy director dan kowalski. trump 16 finance director steven mnuchin listed, , played role in helping coordinate group. many of names on original list, or on subsequent expansions thereof, received media attention potential appointees presidential council of economic advisers, or in other trump administration roles. of august 2016, trump s economic advisors included:

tom barrack, ceo of colony capital, inauguration chair, former treasury contender, major donor
andy beal, banker, billionaire, professional poker player, major donor
stephen calk, ceo of federal savings bank, officer , helicopter pilot in u.s. army
dan dimicco, former ceo of nucor, commerce/cea/ustr contender
steve feinberg, ceo of cerberus capital, major donor
harold hamm, oil , gas industry, billionaire, former energy/interior contender
diane hendricks, chair of abc supply, billionaire, backed walker 16
darlene jordan, former assistant attorney general of massachusetts
dan kowalski, former deputy staff director senate budget committee 2009-2015 , house budget committee staffer 1998-2007, co-lead of trump 16 economic advisers team, trump 16 deputy director of policy, on trump omb transition team
howard lorber, ceo of vector group, major donor
david malpass, fed/omb/ustr contender
ted malloch global sherpa
betsy mccaughey, former lieutenant governor of new york, divorced spouse of wilbur ross
stephen miller, trump 16 director of policy, sr.advisor-appointee
steven mnuchin, founder of hedge fund dune capital management, former goldman sachs employee, trump 16 finance chair, major donor, treasury-designate
stephen moore, founding president of club growth, cea contender
peter navarro, business school professor @ uc-irvine, cea contender
john paulson, ceo of investment firm paulson & co.
brooke rollins, ceo of texas public policy foundation, former deputy general counsel under governor rick perry
wilbur ross, billionaire investor, commerce-designate
steve roth, chair of vornado realty trust (although on list of advisers in august 2016, roth said in september 2016 no longer spending time on effort)
carla sands, philanthropist , chair of vintage capital
anthony scaramucci, founder of skybridge capital, former goldman sachs employee
judy shelton, fed vice-chair contender, possible future fed chair contender, former advisor carson 16, director of sound money project @ atlas network, economist ph.d in business administration university of utah, noted 1989 book coming soviet crash.
liz uihlein, president of uline
kathleen hartnett-white, former epa/interior contender, director @ texas public policy foundation, former head of texas commission on environmental quality

several of advisors major donors trump s presidential campaign.

at first, 1 of trump s initial list of dozen official advisors, peter navarro, had phd in economics. although had been in contact trump since 2011, navarro had never met nor spoken trump directly in august 2016, began meet trump in person late in 2016 campaign. few days after navarro announced, trump added judy shelton, economist ph.d in business administration team.