White House Policy Adviser Gives Keynote at NYU Wagner's 2014 Convocation… and faculty members were also treated to a stirring, witty, and instructive keynote speech by Jason Furman, the Chairman of the Obama Administration’s Council of Economic Advisors. Dean Glied described Jason … and engaged you are, and how you always find ways to laugh about concepts like 'P-Values' and 'Confidence Intervals,' ” …