Catherine Austin Fitts
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Background
Fitts served as managing director and member of the board of directors of the Wall StreetWall Street
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investment bank Dillon, Read & Co.
Dillon, Read & Co.
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Inc., as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing
Federal Housing Administration
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Commissioner at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
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in the first Bush Administration
George H. W. Bush
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, and was the president of Hamilton Securities Group, Inc., an investment bank and financial software developer.
Fitts has a BA
Bachelor of Arts
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from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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, an MBA from the Wharton School and studied Mandarin
Chinese language
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at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
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. She publishes a column, "Mapping the Real Deal," in Scoop
Scoop (news website)
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in New Zealand
New Zealand
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See also
- Popsicle index A Quality of life measurement she devised
External links
http://solari.com/00archive/doc/caf/Business_Week-27Nov1989.pdf
http://solari.com/00archive/doc/caf/Business_Week_Wonder_Woman_of_Muni_Bonds.pdf