The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston announced today the appointment of 10 new members to the Bank's Community Development Advisory Council (CDAC):

• Connecticut
  Ann Deming Pratt, Executive Director, Connecticut Citizen Research Group
  Alicia Woodsby, Executive Director, Partnership for Strong Communities
• Maine
  Claude Rwaganje, Executive Director, Community Financial Literacy
  Nicole Witherbee, Ph.D., Chief Program Officer, The John T. Gorman Foundation
• Massachusetts
  Sheila Harrity, Superintendent, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District
  Jerry Rubin, President and Chief Executive Officer, JVS Boston
• New Hampshire
  John Flanders, Chief Operating Officer, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund
  Katherine Easterly Martey, Director of Economic Development, New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority
• Rhode Island
  Nicole Alexander-Scott, M.D., Director, Rhode Island Department of Health
  Rachel Flum, J.D., Executive Director, Economic Progress Institute

Standing members of the Council include:

• Maine
  William Floyd, Executive Director, Genesis Community Loan Fund
• Massachusetts
  Joseph Kriesberg, President, MA Association of Community Development Corporations
  Darlene Lombos, Executive Director, Community Labor United
• Rhode Island
  Amy Rainone, Director of Government Relations & Policies, Rhode Island Housing
• Vermont
  Ludy Biddle, Executive Director, NeighborWorks of Western Vermont
  Paul Dragon, Director of Policy & Program Integration, Vermont Agency of Human Services

The CDAC meetings provide a forum for representatives of community development organizations from the private, public, and non-profit sectors to inform the Boston Fed president and the Bank's board of directors about activities, issues, and barriers to community development in the region. The CDAC also advises the Bank's president and board of directors on ways in which the Bank can be of assistance in support of community development efforts in the region, and discusses opportunities to facilitate communication between sectors to encourage effective use of community development resources across New England.

"The Council brings a diversity of views from on-the-ground work across New England to help us to advance the Boston Fed's mission of public service that makes a difference," said Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. "I am looking forward to working with the new members in the coming years."

The next meeting of the CDAC will be April 10, 2017.

For more information, visit the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's website here.