As average citizens, we need someone who will steer the economy in the direction that will best help us. If we, the middle class of America are doing well economically, there will be opportunities for everyone.
The people's Senator, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), suggests Joe Stiglitz (Nobel Prize winner in Economics) or Rob Reich (Rhodes Scholar in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) to lead the most influential economic tool in the country (arguably the world).
Listen to Bernie: Stiglitz or Reich as Chairman.