Predecessor | President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness [1] |
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Formation | January 27, 2017 |
Founded at | Washington, D.C. |
Dissolved | August 16, 2017 | (201 days)
Parent organization | Department of Commerce [2] |
The American Manufacturing Council was a group of prominent chief executives set up to advise U.S. President Donald Trump on domestic manufacturing initiatives. It was chaired by Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical Company. [3]
Following the withdrawal of several members after Trump's defense of alt-right protestors at the Unite the Right Rally, [4] Trump on August 16, 2017 disbanded the Council, as well as the Strategic and Policy Forum. [5] The council itself had earlier informed the president that they intended to disband on their own initiative. [6]
Resigned Members until disbandment Resigned after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville
Name | Title | Entity | Membership Status |
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William M. Brown | CEO | Harris Corporation | member until disbandment |
Michael Dell | CEO | Dell Technologies Inc | member until disbandment |
John J. Ferriola | CEO | Nucor | member until disbandment |
Jeff Fettig | CEO | Whirlpool Corporation | member until disbandment |
Mark Fields | CEO (former) | Ford Motor Company | resigned in May after leaving Ford [7] |
Kenneth Frazier | CEO | Merck & Co. | resigned August 14 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [8] |
Alex Gorsky | CEO | Johnson & Johnson | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [9] [10] [11] |
Gregory J. Hayes | CEO | United Technologies | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [12] |
Marillyn Hewson | CEO | Lockheed Martin | member until disbandment |
Jeff Immelt | Chairman | General Electric | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [12] |
Jim Kamsickas | CEO | Dana Inc | member until disbandment |
Klaus Kleinfeld | CEO (former) | Arconic | resigned in April after leaving Arconic [7] |
Brian Krzanich | CEO | Intel | resigned August 14 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [13] |
Richard G. Kyle | CEO | Timken Company | member until disbandment |
Thea Lee | Deputy Chief of Staff | AFL–CIO | resigned August 15 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [14] |
Andrew Liveris | CEO | Dow Chemical Company | member until disbandment |
Mario Longhi | CEO (former) | U.S. Steel | resigned in June after retiring from U.S. Steel [7] |
Denise Morrison | CEO | Campbell Soup Company | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [15] |
Dennis Muilenburg | CEO | Boeing | member until disbandment |
Elon Musk | CEO | Tesla | resigned in June over U.S. withdrawal from Paris climate accord [8] |
Doug Oberhelman | Executive Chairman | Caterpillar Inc. | member until disbandment |
Scott Paul | President | Alliance for American Manufacturing | resigned August 15 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [8] |
Kevin Plank | CEO | Under Armour | resigned August 14 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [8] |
Michael B. Polk | CEO | Newell Brands | member until disbandment |
Mark Sutton | CEO | International Paper | member until disbandment |
Inge Thulin | CEO | 3M | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [16] [17] |
Richard Trumka | President | AFL–CIO | resigned August 15 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville [14] |
Wendell Weeks | CEO | Corning Inc. | member until disbandment |
In June 2017, Elon Musk announced his resignation from the council. He stated departure from the council was a direct response to the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. [18]
Seven executives resigned from the council in response to Trump's response to the violence at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017. [19] The first executives to resign were drugmaker Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, and Intel CEO Brian Krzanich. [20] On August 15, 2017, Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, also resigned. [21] The same day, Richard Trumka and Thea Lee resigned, stating that "We cannot sit on a council for a President who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism." [22]
Following the withdrawal of the members, Stephen A. Schwarzman and the remaining members decided to disband the Council during a conference call on August 16, 2017. Schwarzman called Trump the same day to announce that they had decided to disband the Council. [5] Trump tweeted shortly after that saying that he and the group had agreed to disband the Council, as well as the Strategic and Policy Forum. [5] [6] [23]