St. Louis Fed Little Rock Branch announces changes to board of directors

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has announced the following changes to its Little Rock Branch board of directors, effective Jan. 1:

Jamie J. Henry, vice president of finance, emerging payments at Walmart Inc. in Bentonville, has been elected board chair for 2024 by the Branch board of directors. He has served on the board since 2019.

Jennifer J. Anglin, senior site director of Pernod Ricard in Fort Smith, has been appointed by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors to a three-year term.

Denise Thomas, CEO of World Trade Center Arkansas, University of Arkansas, in Rogers, has been reappointed by the St. Louis Fed board of directors to a three-year term. She has served on the board since 2022.

Darrin Williams, CEO of Southern Bancorp Inc. in Little Rock, has been reappointed by the St. Louis Fed board of directors to a three-year term. He has served on the board since 2021.

Also serving on the board are:

Christopher B. Hegi, president and CEO of First Financial Bank in El Dorado; Jeff Lynch, president and CEO of Eagle Bank & Trust Co. in Little Rock; and Allison J. H. Thompson, president and CEO of the Economic Development Alliance for Jefferson County, Arkansas in Pine Bluff.

Members of the St. Louis Fed’s board of directors and those of its branch boards in Little Rock, Louisville, Ky., and Memphis, Tenn., are familiar with the economic and credit conditions of their respective regions.

Their observations — along with the economic data and information gathered and analyzed by St. Louis Fed staff — help ensure that local conditions are represented in Federal Open Market Committee deliberations in Washington, D.C.