Four community bank experts were appointed to an advisory council this spring by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President and CEO Neel Kashkari.

Returning member James L. Williams III, CEO of BankNorth in Casselton, North Dakota, has been appointed chair.

The Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC) provides information, advice, and recommendations to the Minneapolis Fed president from the perspective of thrifts, credit unions, and banks in the Ninth District with total assets of less than $10 billion. The chair of the Ninth District CDIAC represents the district at meetings of the Board of Governors’ national CDIAC in Washington, D.C.

Appointed to the council in 2025:

• Andrew Gesell
  CEO, BankCherokee
  St. Paul, Minnesota
• Mike Hauswirth
  President and CEO, Superior National Bank
  Hancock, Michigan
• Trina Hoff
  CEO, Northern Communities Credit Union
  Eveleth, Minnesota
• Kelly Skalicky
  President and CEO, Stearns Bank
  St. Cloud, Minnesota

Gesell, Hauswirth, Hoff, and Skalicky will join Williams and five more returning members on the council.

For more information and to see all serving members, visit the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council page.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that, with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System, the nation’s central bank. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is responsible for the Ninth Federal Reserve District, which includes Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis participates in setting national monetary policy, supervises numerous banking organizations, and provides a variety of payments services to financial institutions and the U.S. government.