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The '''President's Management Advisory Board''' is or was a council of 17 corporate executives from leading American companies. Its purpose was to provide the administration of the [[Executive Branch of the United States|executive branch]] advice and recommendations on effective strategies for the implementation of the best business practices on matters related to [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]]'s management and operations, with focus on productivity, the implementation of innovative methods, customer service, and technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-establishing-presidents-management-advisory-board|title=Executive Order 13538-- Establishing the President's Management Advisory Board|date=Apr 19, 2010|website=whitehouse.gov|accessdate=Aug 14, 2019}}</ref>  The board will be chaired by former [[Sirius/XM Satellite Radio]] Director [[Jeffrey Zients]] as part of the [[General Services Administration]] of the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/04/obama_to_take_management_tips.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003200713/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/04/obama_to_take_management_tips.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2012|title=Federal Eye - Obama to take management tips from CEOs|website=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=Aug 14, 2019}}</ref> On March 10, 2011, board appointees were announced, including Greg Brown, president and chief executive officer of Motorola Solutions, Inc.; Sam Gilliland, Chairman and CEO of Sabre Holdings; Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks; Shantanu Narayen, president and CEO of Adobe Systems, Inc.; and Tim Solso, Chairman and CEO of Cummins, Inc.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/10/president-obama-announces-members-president-s-management-advisory-board|title=President Obama Announces Members of President's Management Advisory Board|date=2011-03-10|newspaper=obamawhitehouse.gov|access-date=2017-02-05|language=en}}</ref>

The board was formed by {{ExecutiveOrder|13538}} by President [[Barack Obama]] in 2010 and intended to complement the [[President's Management Council]], the interagency management and reform group also of the Executive branch created by the [[Clinton Administration]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/library/direct/memos/2552.html|title=Presidential Memorandum, Implementing Management Reform|website=govinfo.library.unt.edu|accessdate=Aug 14, 2019}}</ref>  The board grew out of a January 2010 [[White House]] gathering that included the founders of Craigslist, Facebook, Adobe Systems, Microsoft, J Crew, Rosetta Stone, and Yelp! who were invited by Obama to share their tips on making the government more customer-friendly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/leadership/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224400850 |title=InformationWeek, serving the information needs of the Business Technology Community |publisher=Informationweek.com |date= |accessdate=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-welcomes-ceos-white-house-forum-modernizing-government|title=President Obama Welcomes CEOs to White House Forum on Modernizing Government|date=Jan 14, 2010|website=whitehouse.gov|accessdate=Aug 14, 2019}}</ref> The Board may have been abolished during 2017, and some functions were apparently moved to the Trump administration's new [[Office of American Innovation]].<ref>Jason Miller. [https://federalnewsradio.com/reporters-notebook-jason-miller/2017/04/trumps-new-innovation-office-strikes-familiar-chord/ Trump’s new innovation office strikes a familiar chord]. ''FederalNewsRadio.com'', 17 April 2017</ref>

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