Four new members have been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ Ninth District Advisory Council. Council members serve three-year terms.

New members:

• Renay Dossman
  President and CEO, Neighborhood Development Center
  St. Paul, Minnesota
• Chris Hardie
  CEO, 7 Rivers Alliance
  La Crosse, Wisconsin
• Barb Lau
  Executive Director, Association of Women Contractors
  St. Paul, Minnesota
• John Mask
  Senior Vice President of Strategic Sales and Marketing, Ashley Furniture
  Arcadia, Wisconsin

These appointments bring the council to 10 members, representing a broad range of sectors and geography in the district.

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.