Ron Bloom

Ron Bloom

Ron Bloom From Auto Czar to Manufacturing Czar According to Mike Allen at Politico Playbook, the White House will issue a news release later today about Ron Bloom taking on new responsibilities: So this Administration is branching out from micromanaging the automotive industry — it will try to set industrial policy for the entire manufacturing sector? Washington cannot import or appoint enough pinheads to understand the vast and varied manufacturing sector of the American economy.

“Today, President Obama will announce that Ron Bloom will serve as the Administration’s Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy. Working closely with the National Economic Council, Bloom will provide leadership on policy development and strategic planning for the President’s agenda to revitalize the manufacturing sector. He will work with departments and agencies across the administration – including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, Energy, and Labor – to integrate existing programs and develop new initiatives affecting the manufacturing sector. Bloom will retain his role as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury assigned to the President’s Task Force on the Automotive Industry.”

Bloom, a former vice president of Lazard Freres and Co. LLC, was actually a “restructuring expert” for the US Steelworkers. The appointment of Bloom comes soon after the resignation of Van Jones, the former advisor of the White House. Bloom will now work with the National Economic Council, and the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, Energy and Labor. According to the sources, in a statement that is supposed to be released on Monday, the US President Barack Obama will officially announce the appointment of Ron Bloom as the Senior Counselor for the Manufacturing Policy.