Members of 2022 Fed council for community financial institutions named

Bankers and a credit union leader from across 12 individual states are 2022 members of the Federal Reserve’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC), the agency said Friday. Officers of the council were also named.

The CDIAC, the Fed said, advises the Fed Board on the economy, lending conditions, and other issues of interest to community depository institutions. Members are selected from representatives of commercial banks, credit unions, and thrift institutions serving on local advisory councils at the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. One member of each of the Reserve Bank councils serves on the CDIAC, which meets twice a year with the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., the agency said.

Members of the 2022 CDIAC are:

  • David R. Melville III, chief executive officer and president of b1BANK, Baton Rouge, La. (council president)
  • Jeane M. Vidoni, president and chief executive officer of Penn Community Bank, Perkasie, Pa. (vice president)
  • Melodie Carlson, chief operating officer, Sunrise Banks, St. Paul, Minn.
  • Kim DeVore, president and chief executive officer, Jonah Bank of Wyoming, Casper, Wyo.
  • Dabney T.P. Gilliam, Jr., president and chief executive officer, The Bank of Charlotte County, Phenix, Va.
  • Tracy Harris, president and chief executive officer, National Bank and Trust, La Grange, Texas
  • Kent A. Liechty, president and chief executive officer, First Bank of Berne, Berne, Ind.
  • Faheem A. Masood, president and chief executive officer, ESL Federal Credit Union, Rochester, N.Y.
  • Margaret Oldner, chief executive officer, Stone Bank, Little Rock, Ark.
  • Janet Silveria, president and chief executive officer, Community Bank of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Calif.
  • Chuck Sulerzyski, president and chief executive officer, Peoples Bank, Marietta, Ohio
  • Kathryn G. Underwood, president and chief executive officer, Ledyard National Bank, Hanover, N.H.

Federal Reserve announces members of its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council for 2022