Federal Reserve Board Appoints Chairs, Deputy Chairs of the Federal Reserve Banks for 2013

Dec 5 - The Federal Reserve Board has announced the designation of the chairs and deputy chairs of the Federal Reserve Banks for 2013. 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 2013:

Boston
Kirk A. Sykes, president, New Boston's Urban Strategy America Fund, Boston, renamed chair.

William D. Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., renamed deputy chair.

New York
Emily K. Rafferty, president, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., named chair.

Kathryn S. Wylde, president and CEO, Partnership for New York City, New York, N.Y., renamed deputy chair.

Philadelphia
Jeremy Nowak, former president, William Penn Foundation and former CEO, The Reinvestment Fund, Philadelphia, renamed chair.

James E. Nevels, chairman, The Swarthmore Group, Philadelphia, renamed deputy chair.

Cleveland
Richard K. Smucker, CEO, The J.M. Smucker Co., Orrville, Ohio, named chair.

Christopher M. Connor, chairman and CEO, The Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, named deputy chair.

Richmond
Chair -- To be announced.

Linda D. Rabbitt, chairman and CEO, Rand Construction Corp., Washington, D.C., renamed deputy chair.

Atlanta
Thomas I. Barkin, director, McKinsey & Company, Atlanta, named chair.

Carol B. Tomé, executive vice president and chief financial officer, The Home Depot, Atlanta, named deputy chair.

Chicago
Jeffrey A. Joerres, chairman and CEO, ManpowerGroup, Milwaukee, Wis., named chair.

Greg Brown, chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., named deputy chair.

St. Louis
Ward M. Klein, CEO, Energizer Holdings Inc., St. Louis, renamed chair.

Sharon D. Fiehler, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, Peabody Energy, St. Louis, renamed deputy chair.

Minneapolis
Mary K. Brainerd, president and CEO, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minn., renamed chair.

Randall J. Hogan, chairman and CEO, Pentair Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., renamed deputy chair.

Kansas City
Barbara Mowry, CEO, GoreCreek Advisors, Greenwood Village, Colo., named chair.

Steve Maestas, managing partner, NAI Maestas and Ward Commercial Real Estate, Albuquerque, named deputy chair.

Dallas
Herbert D. Kelleher, founder and chairman emeritus, Southwest Airlines, Dallas, renamed chair.

Myron E. Ullman III, retired chairman and CEO, J.C. Penney Company Inc., Plano, Texas, renamed deputy chair.

San Francisco
Patricia E. Yarrington, vice president and chief financial officer, Chevron Corp., San Ramon, Calif., named chair.

Roy A. Vallee, retired executive chairman, Avnet Inc., Phoenix, named deputy chair.