 He has appeared regularly on the Orange County Business Journal's list of most influential personalities.El-Erian has served on several boards and committees, including the U.S. Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, the International Center for Research on Women, the IMF's Committee of Eminent Persons, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics.He is currently a board member of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Vice Chair), the NBER(Executive Committee), Co-chair of the Capital Campaign for the University and Colleges of Cambridge and Cambridge in America.