Return to Virginia Business - August 2004

Around the Old Dominion

Richmond Fed's new boss

Virginia Business
August 2004

After years of personnel stability, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is going through a bit of a shakeup. Taking over this month as its new president is Jeffrey M. Lacker, who succeeds the retiring Al Broaddus. Broaddus joined the institution in 1970 and became president in 1993, serving a total of 34 years.

Lacker, 48, is the Richmond Fed’s former senior vice president and director of research. The University of Wisconsin alum started in the president’s position on Aug. 1. He joined the Richmond bank in 1989 as an economist.

Meanwhile, Vice President Kemper W. Baker Jr., a Fed executive since 1974, announced his retirement. Bud Martindale, who worked at the Richmond bank before taking a position with the Reserve System’s Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., will return to Richmond to be the new vice president and act as controller of the Financial Management Group.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, one of 12 District Reserve Banks, serves D.C., Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and most of West Virginia.

Return to Virginia Business - August 2004