Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland announces new members of Bank advisory councils

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has named 33 new members to its advisory councils.

Through its advisory councils, the Cleveland Fed engages with a diverse range of business, civic, and community leaders to collect information on regional economic and business conditions. Advisory councils' near-real time observations complement Cleveland Fed research, enabling the Bank to get a better picture of economic conditions in the Fourth District, which includes Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

Business Advisory Councils

Business Advisory Council members are leaders from a cross-section of regional businesses and from community development, consumer, and labor organizations across the Fourth District. New members include:

Central Ohio

• Brent Crawford, Principal and Owner, Crawford Hoying, Dublin, Ohio
• Leslie Milligan, Vice President, Operations, Edible Oils, Cargill, Central Ohio

Dayton Area

• Craig Seitz, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio

Eastern Kentucky

• Jon Heffelfinger, Trailer Account Manager, Hendrickson International, Somerset, Kentucky
• Hunter Stout, Chief Financial Officer, Keeneland, Lexington, Kentucky
• Elizabeth Woodward, Lexington Market Leader, DeanDorton, Lexington, Kentucky

Northeast Ohio

• Christopher Bast, Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Operations Support, The Davey Tree Expert Co., Kent, Ohio
• Charlie Braun, President, Custom Rubber Corp., Cleveland, Ohio
• Andrew Coleman, Managing Director, CBRE, Cleveland, Ohio
• Megan Fellinger, President and CEO, Morrison Products Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
• Jake Heinen, Operations and Ownership, Heinen's Grocery Stores, Warrensville Heights, Ohio
• Carey Jaros, President and CEO, GOJO Industries Inc., Akron, Ohio
• Douglas Lancashire, President and CEO, Osborn Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio
• Kirk Lintern, President, The Lintern Corp., Mentor, Ohio
• Kevin Malinowski, Executive Managing Director, Colliers, Cleveland, Ohio
• Scott Mueller, CEO, Dealer Tire, Cleveland, Ohio
• Baiju Shah, President and CEO, Greater Cleveland Partnership, Cleveland, Ohio
• André Thornton Jr., Vice President, Corporate Services, ASW Global, Mogadore, Ohio

Northwest Pennsylvania

• Bradley Dinger, Chief Financial Officer, Northern Tier, UPMC, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Ralph Ford, Chancellor and Dean, Penn State Behrend, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Chuck Peters, Managing Partner, Altair Holdings LLC, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Michael Raftis, Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer, Erie Insurance, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Frank Victor, Co-Chair, Fralo Industries, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Tricia Restifo, Chief Financial Officer, Troyer Inc., Waterford, Pennsylvania

Shenango-Mahoning Valley

• John Miles, CEO, Steelite International, Youngstown, Ohio
• Dani Robbins, CEO, Lake to River Economic Development, Youngstown, Ohio
• Michael Walton, CEO, Jamestown Coating Technologies, Jamestown, Pennsylvania

Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky

• Rich Graeter, President and CEO, Graeter's, Cincinnati, Ohio

Southwest Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia

• Benjamin Bush, Vice President, Public Affairs, Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• F. Duffy Hanna, President, Howard Hanna Financial Services, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, President, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania

Community Depository Institutions Advisory

Council Members of the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council are leaders from commercial banks, thrifts and savings banks, and credit unions with assets of less than $10 billion. New members include:

• Thomas Fraser, Managing Officer, First Federal Lakewood, Lakewood, Ohio
• Timothy O'Dell, Director, President and CEO, CF Bankshares Inc., Columbus, Ohio

Learn more: Engaging Our District's Business, Civic, and Community Leaders (clevelandfed.org)