News Release
Chicago Fed Announces New Members of Advisory Council on Agriculture, Small Business and Labor
CHICAGO - The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago today announced 15 new members and five returning members of its Advisory Council on Agriculture, Small Business and Labor.
Council members serve a two-year term and meet twice a year to provide their views on current business conditions to Chicago Fed President Charles Evans and other Bank senior officials. Input from the Council members on regional economic conditions contributes to the Federal Reserve System’s formulation of national monetary policy. The first meeting of 2013 is April 19.
Council members generally represent private companies, labor organizations, academia, and banks throughout the Seventh Federal Reserve District, which consist of Iowa and most of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
For more information about the Advisory Council on Agriculture, Small Business, and Labor, visit: www.chicagofed.org/webpages/people/advisory_council.cfm.
The following is a list of the 2013-2014 Advisory Council on Agriculture, Small Business, and Labor members:
George Arida
Managing Director
Venture Investors, LLC
Madison, WI
Rhandi Berth
Vice President
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership/Big Step
Milwaukee, WI
Steve Erlebacher
Senior Director, Strategy
DeVry Inc.
Downers Grove, IL
Harold F. Force (Returning member)
President
Force Construction Company, Inc.
Columbus, IN
Terrence Healy
Special Assistant to the General President/Vice President
Laborers’ International Union of North America
Chicago, IL
Jack Kelly
Executive Vice President
GreenStone Farm Credit Services
East Lansing, MI
Birgit Klohs (Returning member)
President and CEO
The Right Place, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI
Kevin Knapp
Chief Financial Officer
CareerBuilder LLC
Chicago, IL
G. Curtis Lansbery (Returning member)
President and CEO
North American Tool Corp.
South Beloit, IL
Renaye Manley
International Representative
Service Employees International Union
Chicago, IL
Doug Martin
Co-owner
Martin Family Farms
Mt. Pulaski, IL
Sergio Mazza
Chairman and CEO
American Surgical Centers, Inc.
Roseville, MI
Dave Nelson
Partner
Nelson Family Farms
Fort Dodge, IA
Diane Cullinan Oberhelman (Returning member)
Chairman and Founding Partner
Cullinan Properties, Ltd.
Peoria, IL
John Pagel
Owner
Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy, LLC
Kewaunee, WI
Scott R. Peterson (Returning member)
President, Harbor Group/
Chief Financial Officer,
Interstates Companies
Sioux Center, IA
David J. Ward
CEO
NorthStar Consulting Group, LLC
Sturgeon Bay, WI
Andrew Warrington
President
Peerless Pump Company & Yeomans Chicago Corporation/Grundfos
Indianapolis, IN
Ray Waters
President
Detroit Development Fund
Detroit, MI
Lori A. Weyers
President
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, WI
