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Press Release

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Names New Advisory Council Members

06.16.2000

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland recently announced the following additions to its Community Bank and Business Advisory Councils. All appointments are for terms expiring December 31, 2002.

Community Bank Advisory Council

  • Dennis W. Rich, President and Chief Executive Officer, Eagle Bank, Williamstown, Kentucky
  • J. Michael Romey, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Citizens National Bank of Bluffton, Bluffton, Ohio
  • Jeffrey E. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Ohio Valley Bank Company, Gallipolis, Ohio

The Community Bank Advisory Council meets three times a year with the president and other officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The Council was formed in 1985 to help inform the Cleveland Fed about issues of interest and concern to community bankers in the Fourth Federal Reserve District.

Business Advisory Council

  • (Ms.) Tanny Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer, Crane Plastics Company, LP, Columbus, Ohio
  • Joseph A. Graviss, President, Graviss McDonalds Restaurants, Versailles, Kentucky
  • Robert A. Gray, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Gray Printing Company, Fostoria, Ohio
  • James R. Leake, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, James R. Leake & Son, Inc., Richmond, Kentucky
  • Cynthia Moore-Hardy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lake Hospital System, Willoughby, Ohio
  • C. David Snyder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Snyder International Brewing Group, Cleveland, Ohio

The Business Advisory Council was established in 1985 to provide a forum for discussion of economic conditions and their effects on business in the Fourth Federal Reserve District. The Council meets three times a year with the president and other officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that along with the Board of Governors in Washington DC comprise the Federal Reserve System. Part of the US central bank, the Cleveland Fed participates in the formulation of our nation’s monetary policy, supervises banking organizations, provides payment and other services to financial institutions and to the US Treasury, and performs many activities that support Federal Reserve operations System-wide. In addition, the Bank supports the well-being of communities across the Fourth Federal Reserve District through a wide array of research, outreach, and educational activities.

The Cleveland Fed, with branches in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, serves an area that comprises Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

Media contact

Doug Campbell, doug.campbell@clev.frb.org, 513.455.4479