Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Memphis Branch

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Memphis Branch is a branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis established in 1918.[1] The branch is responsible for western Tennessee, eastern Arkansas and northern Mississippi.[1]

The branch is located on Main Street in downtown Memphis, Tennessee.[1]

Current Board of Directors

The following people are on the board of directors as of Jan. 1, 2015:[2]

Appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank

Appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank
Name Title Term Expires
J. Brice Fletcher Chairman
First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas
Forrest City, Arkansas		 2016
Michael E. Cary President and CEO
Carroll Bank and Trust
Huntingdon, Tennessee		 2017
Roy Molitor Ford, Jr. Vice Chairman and CEO
Commercial Bank and Trust Co.
Memphis, Tennessee		 2017
Lisa McDaniel Hawkins President
Room to Room Inc.
Tupelo, Mississippi		 2015

Appointed by the Board of Governors

Appointed by the Board of Governors
Name Title Term Expires
Charles E. Thomas, III Regional Director of External and Legislative Affairs
AT&T Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee		 2015
Carolyn Chism Hardy

(Chair)

 President and CEO
Chism Hardy Investments, LLC
Hardy Logistics Solutions, LLC
Memphis, Tennessee		 2016
David T. Cochran, Jr. Partner
CoCo Planting Co.
CoCo Manufacturing
Avon, Mississippi		 2017

Memphis Branch Regional Executive

The St. Louis Fed’s Memphis branch is led by Regional Executive Martha Perine Beard,[3] who currently serves on the following boards in Memphis: Memphis Tomorrow,[4] Memphis Regional Chamber,[5] St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,[6] the Baptist Health Care Corp. and the Mid-South Minority Business Council.[7] Since 2012 Beard has been the board chairman of the United Way of the Mid-South, which raised $25.1 million to benefit Memphis and surrounding areas during the 2012 campaign.[8] Beard has announced her retirement in the spring of 2015, and a search is currently under way for her successor.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About the Memphis Branch". Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  2. ↑ "St. Louis Fed Memphis Branch Announces Changes to Board of Directors". Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ Martha Perine Beard bio.
  4. ↑ Memphis Tomorrow board of directors. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  5. ↑ Memphis Chamber board of directors. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital board. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ United Way of the Mid-South board of directors. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  9. ↑ St. Louis Fed Memphis Executive Martha Perine Beard to Retire in 2015; Executive Search Under Way to Fill Key Position Retrieved December 31, 2014.