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Fed Listens: Roundtable with El Paso community leaders

Virtual

This roundtable discussion focused on labor market conditions in the El Paso region and how local communities experience inflation and interest rates.

Participants included selected representatives from nonprofit service providers, education, workforce development, economic development, local philanthropy and business. They shared their perspectives in a conversation with the Dallas Fed's president, Lorie Logan, and other officials at our El Paso Branch.

Fed Listens conversations are being held nationwide as an input into the Federal Reserve’s current review of its monetary policy framework. As the Federal Reserve works to promote maximum employment and price stability, we seek input from a broad range of organizations in communities across the U.S. to understand how monetary policy affects people’s daily lives and livelihoods.

Agenda

Welcome remarks
  • Kseniya Benderskaya, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Opening remarks
  • Lorie Logan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Discussion with community leaders
  • Moderator: Roberto Coronado, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Armando Aguirre, Education Service Center Region 19
  • JJ Childress, Microsoft
  • Tim Davenport-Herbst, Project Vida
  • Susan Goodell, El Pasoans Fighting Hunger
  • Georgina Hernandez, United Way of El Paso County
  • Leila Melendez, Workforce Solutions Borderplex
  • Roman Ortiz, Project ARRIBA
  • William Serrata, El Paso Community College
  • Frank Spencer III, Aztec Contractors Inc.
  • Clifton Tanabe, The University of Texas at El Paso
  • Nicholas Tejeda, Tenet Healthcare
  • Andrea Tirres, Borderplex Connect
  • Kelly Tomblin, El Paso Electric
  • Tracy Yellen, Paso del Norte Community Foundation
Closing remarks
  • Karel Mertens, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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Contact Molly Hubbert Doyle with any questions.