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Industry Councils

The St. Louis Fed's four industry councils were created in 2006, and each council represents a specific industry that is critical to the Federal Reserve's Eighth District. The councils are designed to build a consistent and dependable line of communication about economic conditions between St. Louis Fed staff members and industry representatives throughout the District. The council members' observations complement the data and information developed through the Federal Reserve's Beige Book, the St. Louis Fed's Burgundy Books and meetings of the Reserve Bank's boards of directors.

Each council is based in one of the St. Louis Fed's four offices: Little Rock, Ark. (agribusiness), Louisville, Ky. (health care), Memphis, Tenn. (transportation) and St. Louis (real estate). The councils meet twice a year.

Agribusiness | Health Care | Real Estate | Transportation

Agribusiness Council

	Sam J. Fiorello Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center St. Louis St. Louis Zone
	Timothy J. Gallagher Executive Vice President, Bunge North America Inc. St. Louis St. Louis Zone
	Keith Glover President and CEO, Producers Rice Mill Inc. Stuttgart, Ark. Little Rock Zone
	Bert Greenwalt Professor of Agricultural Economics, Arkansas State University State University, Ark. Little Rock Zone
	Leonard J. Guarraia Chairman, World Agricultural Forum St. Louis St. Louis Zone
	Ted C. Huber Owner, Huber’s Orchard & Winery Starlight, Ind. Louisville Zone
	Richard M. Jameson Owner, Jameson Family Farms Partnership Brownsville, Tenn. Memphis Zone
	John C. King III Owner, King Farms Helena, Ark. Memphis Zone
	Steven M. Turner CEO, Turner Dairies LLC Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Zone
	Lyle B. Waller II Owner, L.B. Waller and Co. Morganfield, Ky. Louisville Zone
	David Williams Founder and Co-owner, Burkmann Feeds Danville, Ky. Louisville Zone

Health Care Council

	Calvin Anderson Vice President of Corporate and Government Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Zone
	Steven J. Bares President and Executive Director, Memphis Bioworks Foundation Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Zone
	Kevin Bramer President and CEO, MedVenture Technology Corp. Jeffersonville, Ind. Louisville Zone
	Jeffrey B. Bringardner President of Kentucky Market, Humana-Kentucky Inc. Louisville, Ky. Louisville Zone
	Robert S. Gordon Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer, Baptist Memorial Health Care Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Zone
	Paul Halverson, M.D. Director, State Health Officer, Arkansas Department of Health Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock Zone
	Russell D. Harrington Jr. President and CEO, Baptist Health Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock Zone
	Dick Pierson Vice Chancellor for Clinical Programs, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock Zone
	Sister Mary Jean Ryan Chair, SSM Health Care St. Louis St. Louis Zone
	Jan C. Vest CEO, Signature Health Services Inc. St. Louis St. Louis Zone
	Stephen A. Williams President and CEO, Norton Health Care Louisville, Ky. Louisville Zone

Real Estate Council

	Joseph D. Hegger Director, Jeffrey E. Smith Institute of Real Estate, University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Mo. St. Louis Zone
	J. Scott Jagoe Owner, Jagoe Homes Inc. Owensboro, Ky. Louisville Zone
	Larry K. Jensen President and CEO, Commercial Advisors LLC Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Zone
	Gregory J. Kozicz President and CEO, Alberici Corp. St. Louis St. Louis Zone
	Steven P. Lane Principal, Colliers International Bentonville, Ark. Little Rock Zone
	Jack McCray Business Development Officer, VCC Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock Zone
	William M. Mitchell Vice President and Principal Broker, Crye-Leike Realtors Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Zone
	Lynn B. Schenck Executive Vice President and Director of Leasing and Sales, Jones Lang LaSalle St. Louis St. Louis Zone
	E. Phillip Scherer III President, Commercial Kentucky Inc. Louisville, Ky. Louisville Zone
	Mary R. Singer President, CresaPartners Commercial Realty Group Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Zone

Transportation Council

	Bob Blocker Senior VP Sales and Customer Service, American Commercial Lines Jeffersonville, Ind. Louisville Zone
	Charles L. Ewing Sr. President, Ewing Moving Service and Storage Inc. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Zone
	Gene Huang Chief Economist, FedEx Corp. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Zone
	Richard McClure President, UniGroup Inc. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Zone
	Dennis B. Oakley President, Bruce Oakley Inc. North Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock Zone
	John F. Pickering Chief Operations Officer, Cass Information Systems Inc. Bridgeton, Mo. St. Louis Zone
	David L. Summitt President, Summitt Trucking LLC Clarksville, Ind. Louisville Zone
	Paul Wellhausen President, Lewis and Clark Marine Granite City, Ill. St. Louis Zone