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The following list of directors of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks and of their twenty-five Branches shows, for each director, the class of directorship, the principal business affiliation of the director, and the expiration date of the director's term.

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Class A
Name Title Term expires
December 31
J. Thomas May Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Simmons First National Corporation
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
2008
David R. Pirsein President and Chief Executive Officer
First National Bank in Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville, Illinois
2009
Robert G. Jones President and Chief Executive Officer
Old National Bancorp
Evansville, Indiana
2010
Class B
Name Title Term expires
December 31
Gregory M. Duckett Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp.
Memphis, Tennessee
2008
A. Rogers Yarnell, II President
Yarnell Ice Cream Co. Inc.
Searcy, Arkansas
2009
Paul T. Combs President
Baker Implement Company
Kennett, Missouri
2010
Class C
Name Title Term expires
December 31
Ward M. Klein Chief Executive Officer
Energizer Holdings, Inc.
Town & Country, Missouri
2008
Steven H. Lipstein
(Deputy Chairman)
President and Chief Executive Officer
BJC HealthCare
St. Louis, Missouri
2009
Irl F. Engelhardt
(Chairman)
Chairman
Patriot Coal Corporation
St. Louis, Missouri
2010

LITTLE ROCK BRANCH
Appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank:
Name Title Term expires
December 31
Phillip N. Baldwin Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Southern Bancorp
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
2008
Robert A. Young, III Chairman
Arkansas Best Corporation
Fort Smith, Arkansas
2008
William C. Scholl President and Chief Executive Officer
First Security Bancorp
Searcy, Arkansas
2009
Sharon Priest Executive Director
Downtown Little Rock Partnership
Little Rock, Arkansas
2010
Appointed by the Board of Governors:
Name Title Term expires
December 31
Cal McCastlain
(Chairman)
Partner
Pender & McCastlain, P.A.
Little Rock, Arkansas
2008
C. Sam Walls Chief Executive Officer
Arkansas Capital Corporation
Little Rock, Arkansas
2009
Sonja Yates Hubbard Chief Executive Officer
E-Z Mart Stores, Inc.
Texarkana, Texas
2010

LOUISVILLE BRANCH
Appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank:
Name Title Term expires
December 31
John C. Schroeder President
Wabash Plastics, Inc.
Evansville, Indiana
2008
L. Clark Taylor, Jr. Chief Executive Officer
Ephraim McDowell Health
Danville, Kentucky
2008
Gordon B. Guess General Manager
Marion Baseball Club, LLC
Marion, Kentucky
2009
Steven E. Trager Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Republic Bank and Trust Company
Louisville, Kentucky
2010
Appointed by the Board of Governors:
Name Title Term expires
December 31
John L. Huber Consultant
Louisville, Kentucky
2008
Barbara Ann Popp Chief Executive Officer
Schuler Bauer Real Estate Services
New Albany, Indiana
2009
Gary A. Ransdell
(Chairman)
President
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
2010

MEMPHIS BRANCH
Appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank:
Name Title Term expires
December 31
Susan S. Stephenson

Co-chair and President
Independent Bank
Memphis, Tennessee

2008
Hunter Simmons President and Chief Executive Officer
First South Bank
Jackson, Tennessee
2008
David P. Rumbarger, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer
Community Development Foundation
Tupelo, Mississippi
2009
Thomas G. Miller President
Southern Hardware Co., Inc.
West Helena, Arkansas
2010
Appointed by the Board of Governors:
Name Title Term expires
December 31
Meredith B. Allen Vice President, Marketing
Staple Cotton Cooperative Association
Greenwood, Mississippi
2008
Nick Clark
(Chairman)
Partner
Clark & Clark
Memphis, Tennessee
2009
Charles S. Blatteis Partner
Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC
Memphis, Tennessee
2010


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