Consumer Advisory Council
December  31, 2008

Members

• Dorothy Bridges, President and Chief Executive Officer, City First Bank of DC, Washington, D.C.
• Michael Calhoun, President, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, N.C.
• Alan Cameron, President and Chief Executive Officer, Idaho Credit Union League, Boise, Idaho
• Jason Engel, Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Experian, Costa Mesa, Calif.
• Kathleen Engel, Associate Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
• Joseph Falk, Consultant, Akerman Senterfitt, Miami, Fla.
• Louise Gissendaner, Senior Vice President, Director of Community Development, Fifth Third Bank, Cleveland, Ohio
• Greta Harris, Vice President-Southeast Region, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Richmond, Va.
• Patricia A. Hasson, President, Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
• Thomas P. James, Senior Assistant Attorney General-Consumer Counsel, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Consumer Fraud Bureau, Chicago, Ill.
• Lorenzo Littles, Dallas Director, Enterprise Community Partner, Inc., Dallas, Texas
• Sarah Ludwig, Executive Director, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, New York, N.Y.
• Mark K. Metz, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Wachovia Corporation, Charlotte, N.C.
• Lance Morgan, President, Ho-Chunk, Incorporated, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Winnebago, Neb.
• Saurab Narain, Chief Fund Advisor, National Community Investment Fund, Chicago, Ill.
• Joshua Peirez, Chief Payment System Integrity Officer, MasterCard Worldwide, Purchase, N.Y.
• Ronald Phillips, President, Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscasset, Maine
• Anna McDonald Rentschler, Vice President, BSA Officer, Central Bancompany, Jefferson City, Mo.
• Kevin Rhein, Division President, Wells Fargo Card Services, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Faith Arnold Schwartz, Executive Director, Hope Now Alliance, The Financial Services Roundtable, Washington, D.C.
• Edward Sivak, Director of Policy and Evaluation, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, Jackson, Miss.
• Shanna Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Fair Housing Alliance, Washington, D.C.
• H. Cooke Sunoo, Director, Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program, Los Angeles, Calif.
• Jennifer Tescher, Director, Center for Financial Services Innovation, Chicago, Ill.
• Stergios Theologides, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Saxon Mortgage, Irving, Texas
• Linda Tinney, Vice President, Community Development, West Metro Region Manager, U.S. Bank, Denver, Colo.
• Luz Urrutia, Chief Executive Officer and President, El Banco de Nuestra Comunidad, Roswell, Ga.
• Alan White, Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University Law School, Valparaiso, Ind.

Officers

• Tony T. Brown, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, Uptown Consortium, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
• Edna Sawady, Vice Chair, Economic Inclusion Consultant, New York, New York

The Consumer Advisory Council--a statutory body established pursuant to the 1976 amendments to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act--advises the Board of Governors on consumer financial services. Its members, who are appointed by the Board, are academics, state and local government officials, and representatives of the financial services industry and of consumer and community interests. In 2008, the council met with the Board on March 6, June 19, and October 23.

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