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Press Release

Cleveland Fed announces appointments to Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh boards

01.13.2025

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland announced the following appointments to its main office board of directors and its branch boards in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, effective January 1, 2025.

Cleveland Fed Board of Directors

Heidi Gartland, chief government and community relations officer, University Hospitals, Cleveland, was reappointed chair of the board of directors for 2025. Gartland served as chair in 2024, and she has served as a director of the Cleveland Fed since 2021.

Richard J. Kramer, chair, CEO and president of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, was reappointed as a director to a three-year term concluding December 31, 2027. Kramer also was reappointed deputy chair for 2025.

Kendall Rieman, president and CEO, Croghan Colonial Bank, Fremont, was elected by member banks in Group 2 as a Class A director to a three-year term concluding December 31, 2027.

Jacqueline Gamblin, CEO, JYG Innovations, Dayton, was re-elected by member banks in Group 2 as a Class B director to a three-year term concluding December 31, 2027.

Cincinnati Branch Board of Directors

Archie Brown, president and CEO, First Financial Bancorp, Cincinnati, has been reappointed to a three-year term concluding December 31, 2027. Brown was reappointed by the Cleveland Fed’s Board of Directors.

Leah Evans, president and CEO, Homeport, Columbus, has been appointed to a three-year term concluding December 31, 2027. Evans was appointed by the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.

Jill Meyer, chief operating officer and managing director-Cincinnati, The O.H.I.O. Fund, Cincinnati, was appointed by the Cleveland Fed’s Board of Directors as branch chair for 2025.

Pittsburgh Branch Board of Directors

Nishan Vartanian, chairman, MSA Safety Inc., Cranberry Township, has been reappointed to a three-year term concluding December 31, 2027. Vartanian was reappointed by the Cleveland Fed’s Board of Directors.

Rob Cochran, chair and CEO, #1 Cochran, Monroeville, has been appointed to a three-year term concluding December 31, 2027. Cochran was appointed by the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.

Kathy Wilson Humphrey, president, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, was appointed by the Cleveland Fed’s Board of Directors as branch chair for 2025.

Learn more about the structure of our boards and how directors are selected: Our Directors (clevelandfed.org)

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

Chuck Soder, chuck.soder@clev.frb.org, 216.672.2798