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Federal Open Market Committee
December 31, 2009
Members
- Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors
- William C. Dudley, Vice Chairman, President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Elizabeth A. Duke, Board of Governors
- Charles L. Evans, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Donald L. Kohn, Board of Governors
- Jeffrey M. Lacker, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Dennis P. Lockhart, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Daniel K. Tarullo, Board of Governors
- Kevin M. Warsh, Board of Governors
- Janet L. Yellen, President, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Alternate Members
- Christine M. Cumming, First Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Jim Bullard, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Sandra Pianalto, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- Eric S. Rosengren, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Thomas M. Hoenig, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Officers
- Brian F. Madigan, Secretary and Economist
- Matthew M. Luecke, Assistant Secretary
- David W. Skidmore, Assistant Secretary
- Michelle A. Smith, Assistant Secretary
- Scott G. Alvarez, General Counsel
- Thomas C. Baxter, Jr., Deputy General Counsel
- Richard M. Ashton, Assistant General Counsel
- D. Nathan Sheets, Economist
- David J. Stockton, Economist
- David E. Altig, Associate Economist
- James A. Clouse, Associate Economist
- Thomas A. Connors, Associate Economist
- Steven B. Kamin, Associate Economist
- Lawrence Slifman, Associate Economist
- Daniel G. Sullivan, Associate Economist
- Joseph S. Tracy, Associate Economist
- John A. Weinberg, Associate Economist
- David W. Wilcox, Associate Economist
- John C. Williams, Associate Economist
- Brian Sack, Manager, System Open Market Account
The Federal Open Market Committee is made up of the seven members of the Board of Governors; the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and four of the remaining eleven Reserve Bank presidents, who serve one-year terms on a rotating basis. During 2009 the Federal Open Market Committee held eight regularly scheduled meetings and three conference calls (see "Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee Meetings" in this volume).