Christina Romer is the Class of 1957 Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. She previously served as the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration, a role she held from 2009 until her resignation on September 3, 2010. During her tenure, she worked with economist Jared Bernstein to co-author the administration's plan for recovery from the 2008 recession and discussed details of the job creation program submitted to Congress.