St. Louis Fed Names Hendin VP and Deputy General Counsel

ST. LOUIS — Roy A. Hendin joined the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis as vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary to the board of directors. His most recent position was senior vice president and general counsel for Belair Asset Management Ltd. in St. Louis. Hendin has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a law degree from George Washington University. He is a member of both the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

With branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis serves the Eighth Federal Reserve District, including all of Arkansas, eastern Missouri, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. The St. Louis Fed is one of 12 regional Reserve banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., comprise the Federal Reserve System. As the nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve System formulates U.S. monetary policy, regulates state-chartered member banks and bank holding companies, and provides payment services to financial institutions and the U.S. government.

# # #