Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Announces Official Appointments

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland announced the following official appointments, effective February 16, 2006.

Mark Meder has been named vice president, Supervision and Regulation, with responsibility for the Credit Risk Management and Statistics and Analysis departments.

Meder joined the Supervision and Regulation Department in 1993. He was manager of the strategic management and resource allocation section and served as assistant vice president responsible for the supervision of banking organizations in southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. Before joining the Bank, he managed the cost accounting department at a Cleveland manufacturing company.

Meder has a bachelor of business administration degree from Cleveland State University and is a certified public accountant (inactive).

Bryan Huddleston has been named assistant vice president, Supervision and Regulation. Working out of the Bank's branch office in Cincinnati, he is responsible for community bank and bank holding company supervision in the Fourth Federal Reserve District. He also oversees the Cincinnati office Supervision and Regulation staff.

Huddleston joined the Supervision and Regulation Department in 1983 as a bank examiner. He was promoted to senior examiner in 1991 and to supervisory examiner in 2003.

Huddleston has a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified public accountant (inactive).

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, 513.218.1892