St. Louis Fed Louisville Branch Announces Changes to Board of Directors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has announced the following changes to its Louisville Branch board of directors, effective Jan. 1:

James “Ja” Hillebrand, chairman and CEO of Stock Yards Bank & Trust in Louisville, Ky., has been appointed by the St. Louis Fed board of directors to a three-year term.

David E. Tatman, assistant plant manager and director of engineering at Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems in Bowling Green, Ky., has been reappointed by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors to a three-year term.

Also serving on the board are:

Tara E. Barney, CEO of Evansville Regional Economic Partnership in Evansville, Ind.; Dave W. Christopher Sr., executive director of AMPED Louisville in Louisville, Ky.; Emerson M. Goodwin, senior vice president of business development at ARcare in Bentonville, Ark.; Sadiqa N. Reynolds, former president and CEO of Louisville Urban League in Louisville, Ky.; and Blake B. Willoughby, president and chairman of First Breckinridge Bancshares Inc. in Irvington, Ky.

Members of the St. Louis Fed’s board of directors and those of its branch boards in Little Rock, Ark., Louisville, Ky., and Memphis, Tenn., are familiar with the economic and credit conditions of their respective regions. Their observations—along with the economic data and information gathered and analyzed by St. Louis Fed staff—help ensure that conditions of Main Street America are represented in Federal Open Market Committee deliberations in Washington, D.C.

For more information about the St. Louis Fed’s boards of directors, see stlouisfed.org/about-us/our-leadership/board-of-directors.