Arrivals and departures shape Federal Reserve Board.The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System underwent a number of changes as 2001 ended and the new year began. Susan Schmidt Susan Schmidt is a reporter with the Washington Post and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 2006.She is co-author with Michael Weisskopf of Truth at Any Cost: Ken Starr and the Unmaking of Bill Clinton (ISBN 0-06-019485-5) Bies and Mark W. Olson This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. took office in early December, and at the end of that month Edward W. Kelly Jr. stepped down. In January 2002, Laurence H. Meyer also resigned. New to the Board Bies was appointed to a full term that ends Jan. 31, 2012. Prior to her appointment, she was executive vice president for risk management and auditor at First Tennessee National Corp. located in Memphis, Tenn. Before joining First Tennessee, Bies taught at Rhodes College and at Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges). . She also worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis as chief regional and banking structure economist. Olson fills an unexpired term ending Jan. 31, 2010. He was staff director of the securities subcommittee of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee for the U.S. Senate prior to his appointment. During his tenure the subcommittee held oversight hearings on implementation of key sections of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Olson also served as a partner with Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol and its predecessor, Arthur Young & Co., from 1988 to 1999. Earlier, Olson was president and chief executive officer of Security State Bank, located in Fergus Falls, Minn. Departing members Kelley submitted his resignation in mid-December, effective at the end of the year. A member of the Board since 1987, Kelley said he was resigning to turn his attention to family and other personal interests. During much of his tenure, he served as chairman of the Board's Committee on Reserve Bank Affairs, which oversees the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. Meyers resignation was effective the last day of his term, Jan. 31. During his time on the Board, he served as chairman of the Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Affairs and oversaw the Board's regulatory implementation of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Meyer was appointed to the Board by President Clinton in 1996. The seven members of the Board of Governors are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. |
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