Details of Obama's Friday

Press conference is today.

This morning, President-elect Barack Obama will attend parent teacher conferences at his daughters' school with his wife Michelle.

After a meeting with Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and the Transition Economic Advisory Board (see below) tomorrow, President-elect Obama will hold a 1:30 p.m. (central) press conference at the Hilton Chicago.   He will also attend additional transition meetings, receive his daily intelligence briefing, record the Democratic Radio Address, and return additional post-election political and protocol calls.  There will be no personnel announcements today.

The Transition Economic Advisory Board will help guide the work of the Obama-Biden transition team in developing a strong set of policies to respond to the economic crisis.   The Board includes:

·         David Bonior (Member House of Representatives 1977-2003)

·         Warren Buffett (Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway)-will participate via speakerphone

·         Roel Campos (former SEC Commissioner)

·         William Daley (Chairman of the Midwest, JP Morgan Chase; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Commerce, 1997-2000)

·         William Donaldson (Former Chairman of the SEC 2003-2005)

·         Roger Ferguson (President and CEO, TIAA-CREF and former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve)

·         Jennifer Granholm (Governor, State of Michigan)

·         Anne Mulcahy (Chairman and CEO, Xerox)

·         Richard Parsons (Chairman of the Board, Time Warner)

·         Penny Pritzker (CEO, Classic Residence by Hyatt)

·         Robert Reich (University of California, Berkeley; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Labor, 1993-1997)

·         Robert Rubin (Chairman and Director of the Executive Committee, Citigroup; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Treasury, 1995-1999)

·         Eric Schmidt (Chairman and CEO, Google)

·         Lawrence Summers (Harvard University; Managing Director, D.E. Shaw; Former Secretary, U.S. Dept of Treasury, 1999-2001)

·         Laura Tyson (Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; Former Chairman, National Economic Council, 1995-1996; Former Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisors, 1993-1995)

·         Antonio Villaraigosa (Mayor, City of Los Angeles)

·         Paul Volcker (Former Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve 1979-1987)