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Fifth Federal Reserve District Names Branch Chairmen and Directors

    RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The boards of directors of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Baltimore and Charlotte offices elected the
following chairmen for 2006:

    Jim Lowry -- retired dealer operator, Crown Automotive, High Point, N.C. -
    - was elected chairman of the Bank's Charlotte board. Mr. Lowry has served
    as a director since 2001.

    William C. Handorf -- professor of finance, School of Business and Public
    Management, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. -- was re-
    elected chairman of the Bank's Baltimore board. Mr. Handorf has served as
    a director since 2001.

    The board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond made the
following appointments to the boards of directors of the Bank's Baltimore and
Charlotte offices for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2006:

    Biana J. Arentz -- President and CEO, Hemingway's Inc., Grasonville, Md. -
    - was appointed as a director of the Baltimore Office.

    James H. Speed, Jr. -- President and CEO, North Carolina Mutual Life
    Insurance Co., Durham, N.C. -- was appointed as a director of the
    Charlotte Office.

    The boards of directors of the Baltimore and Charlotte Offices of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond have seven members. A majority of each
Office's directors are appointed by the Boards of Directors of the Richmond
Reserve Bank and the remainder by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System. The chairmen of the boards of the Baltimore and Charlotte
offices are selected for one-year terms from among those directors appointed
by the Board of Governors.

    The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is one of 12 District Reserve Banks
that together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the
Federal Reserve System. The Richmond Fed serves the Fifth Federal Reserve
District, which encompasses the District of Columbia, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and most of West Virginia.


SOURCE Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond




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