The Helena Branch Board of Directors welcomed new members Deb Poteet and Dennis Fitzpatrick for three-year terms, effective January 1, 2025.
New board members
Deb Poteet is president of Poteet Construction in Missoula, Montana, a company she founded in 1987. Poteet Construction provides ATSSA certified traffic control services and services in structural concrete, steel barriers, and guardrail installation and permanent signing projects. Poteet holds a degree in geography and land use planning from the University of Montana, and she completed a three-year heavy equipment training program through Operating Engineers.
Dennis Fitzpatrick is CEO of Siyeh Corporation, based in Browning, Montana. Siyeh Corporation is a federally chartered, tribally owned corporation designed to manage businesses on behalf of the government. Fitzpatrick has served as CEO of Siyeh for over 20 years. Prior to joining the company in 1999, he practiced law as a tribal attorney for the Blackfeet Tribe. He has a demonstrated history of developing and managing tribal enterprises.
About the Helena Branch Board of Directors
Each branch of a Federal Reserve Bank has its own board of directors. Located in Helena, Montana, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’s only branch has a five-member board. Its members share their perspectives on economic conditions with Bank leadership, and they also serve as liaisons between the Fed and their communities.
Poteet was elected by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Board of Directors, while Fitzpatrick was appointed by the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors.
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.