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Community Development Advisory Council

Executives from organizations throughout the Federal Reserve's Eighth District serve on the Bank’s Community Development Advisory Council.

The executives are all experts in community and economic development. They represent nonprofit organizations, financial institutions, universities, government and foundations.

The council was created to keep the Federal Reserve Bank’s president and Community Affairs staff informed about community development issues in the District and to suggest ways the Bank might support local development efforts.

Council members are:

Joe W. Barker
Executive Director, Southwest Tennessee Development District
Jackson, Tenn.

Rev. Adrian Brooks
Pastor, Memorial Baptist Church
Founder, Memorial Community Development Corp.
Evansville, Ind.

Brian Dabson
President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri
Columbia, Mo.

George Hartsfield
Community Volunteer
Jefferson City, Mo.

Trinita Logue
President and CEO, IFF (formerly Illinois Facilities Fund)
Chicago, Ill.

Edgardo Mansilla
Executive Director, Americana Community Center
Louisville, Ky.

Paulette Meikle
Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology and Community Development
Director, Center for Community and Economic Development
Delta State University
Cleveland, Miss.

Sara Oliver
Vice President of Housing, Arkansas Development Finance Authority
Little Rock, Ark.

Ines Polonius
Executive Director, Alt.Consulting, Inc.
Pine Bluff, Ark.

Kevin Smith
President and CEO, Community Ventures Corp.
Lexington, Ky.

Royce A. Sutton
Vice President and Community Development Manager, Fifth Third Bank
St. Louis, Mo.

Emily Trenholm
Executive Director, Community Development Council of Greater Memphis
Memphis, Tenn.

Sherece West
President and CEO, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Little Rock, Ark.