St. Louis Fed Announces Changes To The Louisville Branch Board of Directors

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

Jon A. Lawson, president, CEO and chairman of Bank of Ohio County in Beaver Dam, Ky., has been reappointed to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Lawson also serves on the boards of directors of the Ohio County Industrial Foundation, the Banker’s Bank of Kentucky, is a member of the Ohio County Chamber of Commerce, and is a committee member of the Green River Area Development District.

Susan E. Parsons, CFO, secretary and treasurer of Koch Enterprises, Inc., in Evansville, Ind., has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Parsons also serves on the board of directors of the Evansville Police Foundation, USI Foundation, and YMCA. She also serves on the University of Evansville Business School Advisory Board, and is treasurer of the Signature School and Signature School Foundation.

Chairman of the Louisville Branch board of directors is Gerald R. Martin, vice president and managing member of River Hill Capital, LLC in Louisville, Ky. Also serving on board are: Malcolm Bryant, president of The Malcolm Bryant Corporation in Owensboro, Ky.; David P. Heintzman, chairman and chief executive officer of Stock Yard Bank & Trust Co., in Louisville, Ky.; Gary A. Ransdell, president of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky.; and Kevin Shurn, president and owner of Superior Maintenance Co. in Elizabethtown, Ky.

Members of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the advisory boards of its three branches 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.