Laura Tyson, long a leader in economic policy for the US, provided guidance to keep the conversation on track.

FORBES: Six Challenges, One Solution

And here are the revelations from Peter Orszag, former OMB director, now a Citibank vice chairman, Laura Tyson, former Chair, Pres.

FORBES: Does America Have A Financial System That Protects Savings?

Increasingly, you have people like Laura Tyson writing columns calling for the need for a plan for faster growth, not deficit reduction.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Others said to be under consideration include current Xerox Chief Executive Ursula Burns and Laura Tyson, who held the National Economic Council director's post during the Clinton administration.

NPR: Summers' Exit Yet Another White House Shake-Up

Matthew Slaughter of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and Laura Tyson of Berkeley's Haas School of Business point out that multinational firms (which pay higher wages than non-multinationals) increased employment in America by 24% in the 1990s.

ECONOMIST: America is becoming a less attractive place to do business

Outlined Monday by Gore economic policy adviser Laura Tyson, the organization would provide nations with a permanent forum similar to the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the International Labor Organization (ILO) to tackle cross-border disputes that affect the health of forests, oceans and endangered species.

CNN: Gore adviser proposes global environmental watchdog

Some of the people thought to be under consideration for the post are scheduled to attend the meeting Friday, including former Treasury secretaries Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin, business professor and former head of the Council of Economic Advisers Laura Tyson and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.

FORBES: The New President

Separately, National Economic Council chief Laura D'Andrea Tyson confirmed she is resigning to take an endowed chair at the University of California at Berkeley.

CNN: AllPolitics - Budget Meeting Talk