December 04, 2015
Federal Reserve Board announces appointment of the chairs and deputy chairs of the Federal Reserve Banks for 2016
For release at 10:00 a.m. EST
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the designation of the chairs and deputy chairs of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks for 2016.
Each Reserve Bank has a nine-member board of directors. The Board of Governors in Washington appoints three of these directors and each year designates one of its appointees as chair and a second as deputy chair.
Following are the names of the chairs and deputy chairs designated by the Board for 2016:
Boston
John F. Fish, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Suffolk Construction Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, named Chair.
Gary L. Gottlieb, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, named Deputy Chair.
New York
Emily K. Rafferty, President Emerita, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, renamed Chair.
Sara Horowitz, Executive Director, Freelancers Union, Brooklyn, New York, renamed Deputy Chair.
Philadelphia
Michael J. Angelakis, Senior Advisor – Executive Management Committee, Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named Chair.
Brian McNeill, President and Chief Executive Officer, TouchPoint, Inc., Concordville, Pennsylvania, named Deputy Chair.
Cleveland
Christopher M. Connor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, Ohio, renamed Chair.
John P. Surma, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, renamed Deputy Chair.
Richmond
Russell C. Lindner, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Forge Company, Washington, D.C., renamed Chair.
Margaret G. Lewis, President, HCA Capital Division (Retired), Richmond, Virginia, renamed Deputy Chair.
Atlanta
Thomas A. Fanning, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Company, Atlanta, Georgia, renamed Chair.
Michael J. Jackson, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President, AutoNation, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,renamed Deputy Chair.
Chicago
Greg Brown, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, renamed Chair.
Anne R. Pramaggiore, President and Chief Executive Officer, ComEd, Chicago, Illinois, renamed Deputy Chair.
St. Louis
Rakesh Sachdev, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Missouri, named Chair.
Kathleen M. Mazzarella, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Graybar Electric Company, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, named Deputy Chair.
Minneapolis
MayKao Y. Hang, President and Chief Executive Officer, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota, named Chair.
Kendall J. Powell, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota, named Deputy Chair.
Kansas City
Steve Maestas, Chief Executive Officer, Maestas Development Group, Albuquerque, New Mexico, renamed Chair.
Rose M. Washington, Executive Director, Tulsa Economic Development Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, renamed Deputy Chair.
Dallas
Renu Khator, Chancellor/President, University of Houston System/University of Houston, Houston, Texas, renamed Chair.
Matthew K. Rose, Executive Chairman, BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas, renamed Deputy Chair.
San Francisco
Roy A. Vallee, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Avnet, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, renamed Chair.
Alexander R. Mehran, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sunset Development Company, San Ramon, California, renamed Deputy Chair.