Changes in board staff. (Announcements).

The Board of Governors has approved the following officer promotions and appointments in the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs:

* The promotion of Sandra F. Braunstein to Senior Associate Director

* The promotion of Maureen P. English, Adrienne D. Hurt, and Irene Shawn McNulty to Associate Directors

* The appointment of James A. Michaels and Tonda E. Price as Assistant Directors.

Mr. Michaels manages the financial services section of the division's regulations program, which administers consumer protection laws that include the Truth in Lending, Consumer Leasing, and Home Ownership and Equity Protection Acts. He joined the Board's Legal Division in 1984 as an attorney in the litigation and enforcement section and transferred to the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs in 1995. Mr. Michaels holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from George Washington University.

Ms. Price is responsible for oversight of the division's automation and administrative programs. She joined the Board's Division of Information Resources Management in 1983 and transferred to the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs in 1993 to manage the information systems section. Ms. Price holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Norfolk State University and a master of business administration from the New York Institute of Technology.