Who they are

Neal Wolin

Deputy Treasury secretary, 48

-- Education: Yale, BA; University of Oxford, MS; Yale Law, JD.

-- What he does: Second in command at Treasury. Works directly for Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner.

-- Prior experience: In 2008, joined the White House as deputy assistant to the president and deputy counsel to the president for economic policy. Served as president of the property and casualty insurance companies of the Hartford Financial Services Group.

Michael Barr

Assistant secretary for

financial institutions, 44

-- Education: Yale, BA; Yale Law, JD.

-- What he does: Develops Treasury's policies on legislative and regulatory issues affecting financial institutions.

-- Prior experience: Professor at University of Michigan Law School; special assistant to Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin during the Clinton administration.

Diana Farrell

Deputy director of the

National Economic Council, 45

-- Education: Wesleyan University, BA in economics; Harvard, MBA.

-- What she does: Serves under National Economic Council Director Lawrence H. Summers. Served on Obama administration's auto task force.

-- Prior experience: Served as director of the McKinsey Global Institute.