Michael J. Boskin — Board Member Accountability Profile
Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director / Former Senior Government Official Role: Independent Director, Oracle Corporation Board Tenure: 1994 – present Committee Memberships: Finance and Audit Committee; Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)
Basis for Inclusion: Michael J. Boskin holds a documented governance role at Oracle Corporation. Oracle Corporation is a major enterprise software and cloud computing company and made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. Oracle has significant U.S. federal government cloud computing contracts (including classified government cloud), is significantly affected by federal IT procurement policy, and its founder Larry Ellison has had documented personal and financial relationships with the Trump administration, including the TikTok acquisition discussions. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.
Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record.
What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Personal political opinions, party affiliation, or protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion.
Biographical Overview
Michael J. Boskin is the T.M. Friedman Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. He served as Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. He is known for leading the “Boskin Commission,” the 1996 advisory commission that evaluated and recommended reforms to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) methodology. Boskin has been a member of the Oracle board since 1994, making him one of the longest-serving independent directors. He brings economic policy and academic expertise to Oracle’s board.
Board Role and Governance Authority
- Company: Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL)
- Board tenure: 1994 – present (one of Oracle’s longest-serving independent directors)
- Committee assignments: Finance and Audit Committee; Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Other Current Board Memberships (if applicable)
Boskin has served on the boards of multiple corporations and has held advisory roles with government and academic institutions.
Parent Corporate Donor Profile
This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Oracle Corporation corporate donor profile.
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Investigative trail pointers (public records)
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| Channel | Starting points |
|---|---|
| Federal courts | CourtListener / PACER party and attorney searches (spelling variants) |
| Campaign finance | FEC + OpenSecrets for committees and donors tied to documented roles |
| Corporate / LLC | State secretary of state; OpenCorporates for cross-border shells from reporting |
| Sanctions / PEP | OpenSanctions when international business context is already sourced |
| Contracts / grants | USAspending.gov for named entities from investigations |
Use public-records-research-specialist, corporate-intelligence-investigator, and public-corruption-ombudsman evidence tiers.
Sources
- Oracle Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2025; SEC EDGAR
- Stanford University / Hoover Institution faculty records (public)
- Council of Economic Advisers historical records (public)