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  • The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Names James D. Narron 
Product Manager of the National Cash Product Office

    James D. Narron San Francisco, CA — James D. Narron has been appointed product manager of the National Cash Product Office (CPO), the Bank announced today. Mr. Narron is currently senior vice president of the Fedwire Securities Services in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s wholesale product office. He was appointed to replace Mark […]

  • Gina Marie Lindsey Appointed to the Los Angeles Branch Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

    Gina Marie Lindsey Los Angeles, CA — The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has appointed Gina Marie Lindsey, Los Angeles World Airports Executive Director, to its Los Angeles Branch board of directors, effective January 1, 2014. Ms. Lindsey was appointed LAWA Executive Director in June 2007 and has management oversight of three airports, Los […]

  • Brian Rice Appointed to the Portland Branch Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

    Brian Rice Portland, OR — The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has appointed Brian Rice, KeyBank’s regional president for Alaska, Oregon and Washington, to its Portland Branch board of directors. His three-year term began January 1, 2014. The Board of Directors provides the region’s economic perspective to the Federal Reserve Bank’s Board of Directors […]

  • Economic Outlook Positive, but Accommodative Monetary Policy Still Necessary: San Francisco Fed President

    Phoenix — The US economic outlook is gaining traction, but the Fed’s recent scaling back of its bond purchases does not signal an end to accommodative monetary policy, said John C Williams in a speech Tuesday. Speaking to Lambda Alpha International and the Arizona Bankers Association, the president of the San Francisco Fed said:  “After […]

  • Leadership and Membership Announcements for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Board of Directors

    Patricia E. Yarrington San Francisco — The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated Patricia E. Yarrington as chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s board of directors, and Roy A. Vallee as deputy chair, effective January 1, 2014. Ms. Yarrington was also reappointed for one year of a three year […]

  • Michael Shepherd Reappointed to the Federal Advisory Council

    Michael Shepherd San Francisco, CA — The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s board of directors has reappointed Michael Shepherd, chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of the West and BancWest Corporation to represent the District on the Federal Advisory Council for a third one-year term beginning January 2014. The Federal Advisory Council, a […]

  • Mark A. Gould Appointed First Vice President and COO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

    Mark A. Gould San Francisco — Mark A. Gould has been appointed first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Bank announced today.  Mr. Gould is currently senior vice president, Seattle Branch manager, and product manager of the Cash Product Office (CPO). He will assume his new responsibilities […]

  • James A. Hughes Appointed to the Los Angeles Branch Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

    James A. Hughes Los Angeles, CA – The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has appointed James A. Hughes, CEO, First Solar, Tempe, AZ, to its Los Angeles Branch Board of Directors, effective September 27, 2013.  Mr. Hughes is the Chief Executive Officer of First Solar, a provider of comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) solar systems. Prior […]

  • Janet Yellen Nominated as Next Fed Chair

    On October 9, 2013, President Obama nominated Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as our nation’s next Federal Reserve chair. Janet Yellen is currently Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors, a role to which she was appointed in October 2010. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2004 to 2010. Her career has also included roles as chair of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors and a professorship at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, where she is Professor Emerita.

  • Membership Appointment to Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Economic Advisory Council

    Thomas E. Vice San Francisco, CA — The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco announced that Thomas E. Vice, Corporate Vice President and Sector President of Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA, was appointed as the newest member of the Twelfth District’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC). Mr. Vice’s term will expire December 31, 2015. […]