2008 News Releases

For immediate release:
January 30, 2008

Media contact:
James Hoard
Phone: (214) 922-5307
e-mail: james.hoard@dal.frb.org

Dallas Fed Appoints Deborah Rogers to Bank's Advisory Council

DALLAS—The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has appointed Deborah Rogers of Fort Worth to the Bank’s Eleventh District Advisory Council. She will serve a three-year term ending Dec. 31, 2010.

Rogers is founder of Deborah’s Farmstead, a small, family dairy that produces goat cheese.

She has an extensive background in finance. From 1987 to 1999, she managed personal client investments for Prudential Bache, Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney. Previously, she worked in venture capital for Johnson Fry Ltd. in London.

Rogers attended the College of St. Thomas More in Fort Worth.

The Advisory Council meets to discuss economic activity and business conditions in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District, which includes Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico.

For more information about the Dallas Fed, visit www.dallasfed.org.

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