Advisory Councils to the Board of Governors

Members

• Stella Adams, Executive Director, North Carolina Fair Housing Center, Durham, N.C.
• Dennis L. Algiere, Senior Vice President, The Washington Trust Company, Westerly, R.I.
• Faith L. Anderson, Vice President--Legal Compliance and General Counsel, American Airlines Federal Credit Union, Fort Worth, Tex.
• Dorothy Bridges, Chief Executive Officer and President, Franklin National Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Tony T. Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, Uptown Consortium, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
• Sheila Canavan, Consumer Attorney, Law Office of Sheila Canavan, Moab, Utah
• Carolyn Carter, Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Mass.
• Michael Cook, Vice President, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, Ark.
• Donald S. Currie, Executive Director, Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, Brownsville, Tex.
• Anne Diedrick, Senior Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, N.Y.
• Hattie B. Dorsey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Atlanta, Ga.
• Kurt Eggert, Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Legal Education, Chapman University School of Law, Orange, Calif.
• Deborah Hickok, Vice President, MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., Ooltewah, Tenn.
• Sarah Ludwig, Director, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, New York, N.Y.
• Mark K. Metz, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Wachovia Corporation, Charlotte, N.C.
• Bruce B. Morgan, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Valley State Bank, Roeland Park, Kans.
• Lance Morgan, President, Ho-Chunk, Incorporated, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Winnebago, Neb.
• Joshua Peirez, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, MasterCard International, Purchase, N.Y.
• Anna McDonald Rentschler, BSA Officer, Central Bancompany, Jefferson City, Mo.
• Faith Arnold Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management and Public Affairs, Option One Mortgage Corporation, Washington, D.C.
• Mary Jane Seebach, Managing Director, Public Affairs, Countrywide Financial Corporation, Calabasas, Calif.
• Edward Sivak, Director of Policy and Evaluation, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, Jackson, Miss.
• Paul J. Springman, Chief Marketing Officer, Equifax, Atlanta, Ga.
• Forrest F. Stanley, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, KeyBank National Association, Cleveland, Ohio
• Anselmo Villarreal, Executive Director, LaCasa de Esperanza, Inc., Waukesha, Wis.
• Alan White, Supervising Attorney, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, Pa.
• Marva E. Williams, Senior Vice President, Woodstock Institute, Chicago, Ill.

Officers

• Lori Swanson, Chair, Solicitor General, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, Minn.
• Lisa Sodeika, Vice Chair, Executive Vice President--Corporate Affairs, HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., Prospect Heights, Ill.

The Consumer Advisory Council--a statutory body established pursuant to the 1976 amendments to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act--advises the Board of Governors on consumer financial services. Its members, who are appointed by the Board, are academics, state and local government officials, and representatives of the financial services industry and of consumer and community interests. In 2006, the council met with members of the Board on March 30, June 22, and October 26.

Members

• Frank E. Berrish, President and Chief Executive Officer, Visions Federal Credit Union, Endicott, N.Y.
• Craig G. Blunden, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Provident Savings Bank, FSB, Riverside, Calif.
• Alexander R.M. Boyle, Vice Chairman, Chevy Chase Bank, Bethesda, Md.
• Jeffrey H. Farver, President and Chief Executive Officer, San Antonio Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, Tex.
• A. Thomas Hood, President and Chief Executive Officer, First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Charleston, S.C.
• Kenneth Koranda, President, Mid America Bank, Downers Grove, Ill.
• Arkadi Kuhlmann, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, ING DIRECT USA, Wilmington, Del.
• David E. Poulsen, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Express Centurion Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah
• George Jeffrey Records, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City, Okla.
• Steven Swiontek, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Gate City Bank, Fargo, N.D.
• David Russell Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rahway Savings Institution, Rahway, N.J.
• Roy M. Whitehead, President and Chief Executive Officer, Washington Federal Savings, Seattle, Wash.

Officers

• Roy M. Whitehead, President
• David Russell Taylor, Vice President

The Thrift Institutions Advisory Council was established by the Board of Governors to consult with, and advise, the Board on issues pertaining to the thrift industry and on other matters within the Board's jurisdiction. Its members, who are appointed by the Board, represent credit unions, savings and loan associations, and savings banks. In 2006, the council met with the Board on March 3, July 7, and December 8.