--- description: The Trump campaign announced Thursday that eight women will join the economic advisory council. title: Trump Just Added 8 Women Advisors image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c35df8c3740dab9/6988a218656a3f1f7ebccb86/gettyimages-5114501321.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [motto](/tag/motto/) ## motto Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump Just Added 8 Women Advisors, No Steves  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 11, 2016 9:02 PM CUT  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump celebrates winning the South Carolina primary in Spartanburg, South Carolina, February 20, 2016\. ( JIM WATSON--AFP/Getty Images) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump celebrates winning the South Carolina primary in Spartanburg, South Carolina, February 20, 2016\. ( JIM WATSON--AFP/Getty Images)JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 11, 2016 9:02 PM CUT After being slammed for an all-male list of economic advisors ([many named Steven](http://time.com/4440711/donald-trump-economic-advisors/ "undefined")) last week, the [Trump campaign announced Thursday ](https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/TRUMP%5FECONOMIC%5FADVISORY%5FCOUNCIL%5FADDITIONS%5FFINAL%5Fround%5Ftwo.pdf "undefined")that eight women will join the candidate’s economic advisory councils. The [new list ](https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/TRUMP%5FECONOMIC%5FADVISORY%5FCOUNCIL%5FADDITIONS%5FFINAL%5Fround%5Ftwo.pdf "undefined")includes policy experts like Betsy McCaughey, a former Lt. Governor of New York who wrote a book called _Beating Obamacare,_ Brooke Rollins, President and CEO of free market think-tank Texas Public Policy Foundation, and Kathleen Hartnett White, also of the Texas Public Policy Foundation (she directs research and policy on energy, climate change, air quality, water quality & water rights, waste and endangered species). Trump will also be advised by Darlene Jordan, [a donor](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-super-tuesday-220008 "undefined") who was finance co-chair for Mitt Romney’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns, and Judy Shelton, who was an economic advisor for the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform who recently penned an [op-ed](http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/finance/281683-trumps-problem-with-the-fed "undefined") critiquing Trump’s “love-hate” relationship with the Fed. There are also major donors on the list, including philanthropist Carla Sands, the chairman of investment firm Vintage Capital Group who hosted a Trump fundraiser at her [Bel-Air mansion last month](http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-says-he-will-announce-vp-over-the-1468548224-htmlstory.html "undefined"), and [self-made roofing supply billionaire Diane Hendricks](http://www.forbes.com/profile/diane-hendricks/ "undefined"), who is a vice-chair of the [Trump Victory Fund. ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-fundraisers-once-mocked-by-trump-now-rallying-to-support-his-bid/2016/05/24/e48ace7a-21d4-11e6-9e7f-57890b612299%5Fstory.html "undefined") Also on the list is Liz Uihlein, president of shipping and packaging company Uline, founded by her husband Richard. In February, Richard Uihlein [gave half a million dollars to a Super PAC](https://news.vice.com/article/meet-the-republican-mega-donors-spending-millions-to-take-down-donald-trump "undefined") devoted to stopping Trump. The new list also includes one man, Anthony Scaramucci, the co-managing partner and founder of BridgeSky Capital. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4449044/trump-women-economic-advisers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4449044/trump-women-economic-advisers/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Just Added 8 Women Advisors, No Steves","datePublished":"2016-08-11T21:02:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:08.126Z","description":"An earlier list of appointees included only men","url":"https://time.com/4449044/trump-women-economic-advisers/","keywords":["motto","women","Economy","politics","Donald Trump","2016 Campaign"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c35df8c3740dab9/6988a218656a3f1f7ebccb86/gettyimages-5114501321.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c35df8c3740dab9/6988a218656a3f1f7ebccb86/gettyimages-5114501321.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP-election","caption":"TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP-election","creditText":"JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4449044/trump-women-economic-advisers/","name":"Donald Trump Just Added 8 Women Advisors, No Steves"}}]}] ```