Economic Advisory Council
Members are business and labor representatives from around the Tenth Federal Reserve District. They meet twice a year with Kansas City Fed staff to offer insight on the regional economy. 

Vincent (Vinc) Aulick
President
Aulick Industries and Aulick Manufacturing
Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Deb Bass
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bass & Associates, Inc.
Omaha, Nebraska

John F. Bourne
International Representative
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
Omaha, Nebraska

Katherine Gold
President
Goldbug, Inc.
Aurora, Colorado

Michael Hofmann
Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
Koch Industries, Inc.
Wichita, Kansas

(Council membership current as of January 2012)

Steve Maestas
Managing Partner
Maestas & Ward Commercial Real Estate
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Terry McClain
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Valmont Industries, Inc.
Omaha, Nebraska

Douglas J. Stussi
Executive Vice President and CFO
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Charles T. Sunderland
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ash Grove Cement Company
Overland Park, Kansas

Tom L. Ward
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
SandRidge Energy, Inc.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Community Depository Institution Advisory Council

Members represent banks, thrift institutions and credit unions from around the Tenth Federal Reserve District. They meet at least twice a year with Kansas City Fed staff to provide perspective on lending issues, the economy and more.

Ted Bentley
President and CEO
First State Bank
Torrington, Wyoming

Brad Crain
Chief Financial Officer
Union Bank & Trust Company
Lincoln, Nebraska

John Dicus
President and CEO
Capitol Federal Savings Bank
Topeka, Kansas

Lisa Ginter
Chief Operating Officer
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Lenexa, Kansas

Jane Haskin
President and CEO
First Bethany Bank & Trust
Bethany, Oklahoma

Mike Kloiber
President and CEO
Tinker Federal Credit Union
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma

(Council membership current as of February 2012)

Jim Landen
President
Security National Bank of Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

Rebecca Romero Rainey
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Centinel Bank
Taos, New Mexico

James Robinson
President and CEO
Nodaway Valley Bank
St. Joseph, Missouri

Ron Shettlesworth
President and CEO
Main Bank
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Alex Williams
President
Halstead Bank
Halstead, Kansas

Community Development Advisory Council
Members are from financial institutions, nonprofits, universities and business from around the Tenth Federal Reserve District. They meet twice a year with Kansas City Fed staff to offer insight on economic and community development issues from around the region.

Erica Dobreff
President
Kansas City Equity Fund
Kansas City, Missouri

Shelley Marquez
Vice President and Community Development Manager
Wells Fargo Bank
Denver, Colorado

Clyde McQueen
President and Chief Executive Officer
Full Employment Council
Kansas City, Missouri

Carol Meyer
Office of Rural Opportunity Representative
Kansas Department of Commerce
Garden City, Kansas

(Council membership current as of January 2012)

Daniel Padilla
Regional Branch Director
First National Bank of Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

Alex Romero
President and Chief Executive Officer
Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Tom Seth Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
REI
Durant, Oklahoma

Lesli Wright
Senior Vice President Risk Management
Hilltop National Bank
Casper, Wyoming