John M. Mason writes about current monetary and financial events. He is the founder and CEO of New Finance LLC. Dr. Mason served as President and Chief Executive Officer of two publicly traded financial institutions and as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of a third public financial institution. He also served as special assistant to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C., and as a senior economist in the Federal Reserve system. He has served as a faculty member in the Finance Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and as a professor at Penn State University, where he taught in the Management and Engineering Departments. Dr. Mason has served on the boards of venture capital and other private equity funds. He works with young entrepreneurs, especially in urban settings, to start or run companies primarily related to IT.
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