Three new members have been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ Ninth District Advisory Council (NDAC), effective immediately.

New members:

• Ling Becker
  Workforce Solutions Director, Ramsey County, North St. Paul, Minn.
• Megan Harcey
  Director of Recruiting and Coworker Experience, Kwik Trip Inc., La Crosse, Wis.
• Stella Whitney-West
  CEO, Northpoint Health & Wellness Center, Minneapolis

Becker, Harcey, and Whitney-West will join eight other members of the NDAC.

Ninth District Advisory Council members advise the Bank’s senior officers and economists on regional economic conditions. New members are appointed by the Minneapolis Fed president.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that, with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System, the nation’s central bank. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is responsible for the Ninth Federal Reserve District, which includes Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis participates in setting national monetary policy, supervises numerous banking organizations, and provides a variety of payments services to financial institutions and the U.S. government.