Institute for Corean-American Studies Sara L. Johnson Sara Johnson is Managing Director of the Global Macroeconomics Group at Global Insight. In this role, Sara helps Global Insight's clients assess worldwide business and financial risks and opportunities. The Global Macroeconomics Group provides economic forecasts and analyses of over 150 countries, as well as research studies of critical economic issues. She is also responsible for Global Insight's Consumer Markets Service. Sara previously served as North American research director and chief regional economist with Standard & Poor's DRI. As research director, she managed the U.S. Macro, U.S. Regional, U.S. Industry, Cost Forecasting, and Canadian services and served on Standard & Poor's five-member Economic Council. Sara holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and mathematics from Wellesley College and a Master of Arts in economics from Harvard University, with concentrations in finance and macroeconomic theory. From 1991 to 2001, she served on the Governor's Economic Council, advising three Massachusetts governors on public policy and economic development and chairing the Governor's Task Force on Tax Policy and Capital Formation through 1999. In November 2002, Sara was appointed to Governor Mitt Romney's Transition Steering Committee and served on the subcommittee on jobs and the economy. Sara is a member of the Boston Economic Club and a past president of the Boston Association of Business Economists, a regional chapter of the National Association for Business Economics. She is president of The New York Collegium, a Baroque-period orchestra and chorus. Sara also serves on the Board of Overseers and the Audit and Compliance Committee of Newton-Wellesley Hospital. ICAS Web Site Links for Sara L. Johnson: Global Economic Outlook: The United States and the World 2003 Fall Symposium This page last updated 10/20/2003 jdb

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