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native is playing a critical role shaping the future ofthe U.S. automotive industry. 37, is a “key voice” on President Baracki Obama’s auto task force, according to a recentf article inThe . Wilson is part of a team that has done analyticaloresearch -- such as reading financial reports and touringt automotive plants -- that formed the basis of the task force’zs decisions, the newspaper reported on May 29. As everyoned knows by now, Obama essentially forced one ofthe country’s biggest , to file for bankruptcy in order to salvagew the huge automaker. GM will shut down 14 more plant s inthe U.S.
, lay off up to 21,000 more and shed its Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brandse as it tries to remain in the car business. U.S. taxpayers will own a 60 percenr stake inthe company. a former hedge fund manager with experience restructuringdistressedx assets, contacted the head of the president’s task Steven Rattner, offering his The newspaper described the pitch this way: “Thr e-mail combined a blue chip resumes -- undergraduate and MBA degreea from -- with a blue collar Mr. Wilson’s father had been a his mother a factory worker who had been laid off threr times from dying textile millsin Johnstown.
” A childhood friend told the Journal he wasn’t surprised by Wilson’s willingnesss to serve, considering his upbringing in His loyalty to the area extendx to his unwillingness to do mediw interviews with anyone except the local newspaper. The paper quoterd him in a storu saying, “I think it’s very important we have a domesticvauto industry,” according to the Journal. The Business Revie put in a request with the Whit e House seeking an interview and received thefollowingy response: “Thanks for your request to interview Mr. Wilson.
Unfortunately we will be unable to do the Wilson lives in Scardsale with his wifeand