Rebecca Blank
| Rebecca Blank | |
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| Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
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Assumed office July 22, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | David Ward (Acting) |
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United States Secretary of Commerce Acting |
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In office June 11, 2012 – June 1, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John Bryson |
| Succeeded by | Cameron Kerry (Acting) |
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In office August 1, 2011 – October 21, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Gary Locke |
| Succeeded by | John Bryson |
| United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce | |
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In office November 18, 2010 – June 1, 2013 Acting: November 18, 2010 – March 29, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Dennis Hightower |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Gallagher (Acting) |
| Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs | |
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In office June 9, 2009 – March 29, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Cynthia Glassman |
| Succeeded by | Mark Doms |
| Personal details | |
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September 19, 1955 Columbia, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Hanns Kuttner |
| Alma mater |
University of Minnesota Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Rebecca M. Blank (born September 19, 1955) is the current chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and former Acting United States Secretary of Commerce. Blank was serving as United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce when she was named to lead the United States Department of Commerce as Acting Secretary on June 11, 2012 upon the request of Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, who took a medical leave of absence, and subsequently resigned as Secretary. She had held the role of Deputy Secretary since October 21, 2011. Blank was previously the Acting Secretary from July 2011 until October 2011, following the appointment of Gary Locke as United States Ambassador to China. A native of Missouri, Blank is a summa cum laude graduate in economics from the University of Minnesota and holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On March 18, 2013, she was recommended for the position of Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Prior to arriving at Commerce, Blank was the Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan (UM), where she implemented a major expansion of its faculty and programs. She also served as co-director of UM’s National Poverty Center. From 1997–1999, Blank was one of three members of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers, participating in White House decision-making on a host of economic, social and regulatory policy issues.
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