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The Federal Reserve Board today announced the appointment of Lynn S. Fox as Assistant to the Board for public affairs, effective June 1. She will succeed Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the Board,
who is retiring at the end of May.
At the same time, the Board announced the appointments of Jennifer J. Johnson as Secretary of the Board and Robert de V. Frierson as Associate Secretary, also effective June 1. Before joining the Board staff in 1986, Ms. Fox, currently Deputy Congressional Liaison, worked on banking issues for Congressman John LaFalce of New York and for the House Banking Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. She joined the Board's staff in 1986 as Congressional Liaison Assistant where she served until 1988. In 1990, she became Director of Corporate Relations for Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, but returned to the Board in 1992 as Special Assistant for Congressional Liaison. She was named to her current position in 1994. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Smith College and an MBA from George Washington University. Ms. Johnson joined the Board's staff in 1975 as an attorney in the Legal Division, and progressed to Senior Counsel in 1982. She left the Board in 1986 to become Vice President at Shawmut Bank, where she was later promoted to General Counsel and Secretary. She rejoined the Board in 1989 as Associate Secretary, and was promoted to Deputy Secretary in 1994. She holds an A.B. in economics and sociology from Mount Holyoke College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Frierson joined the Legal Division as an attorney in 1987, was promoted to Senior Attorney in 1988, Managing Senior Counsel in 1991, and Assistant General Counsel in 1994. He holds a B.A. in English and a J.D. from the University of Virginia. |