It was chaired by Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical Company.
[20] On August 15, 2017, Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, also resigned.
[21] The same day, Richard Trumka and Thea Lee resigned, stating that "We cannot sit on a council for a President who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism.
Schwarzman called Trump the same day to announce that they had decided to disband the Council.
[5] Trump tweeted shortly after that saying that he and the group had agreed to disband the Council, as well as the Strategic and Policy Forum.