Two new members have been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ Ninth District Advisory Council. Council members serve three-year terms.

Appointed to the council in 2025:

• Kevin Black
  CEO, Creedence Energy Services
  Minot, North Dakota
• Paulette Davidson
  President and CEO, Monument Health
  Rapid City, South Dakota

Black and Davidson join eight other returning council members, representing a broad range of sectors and geography in the district.

Ninth District Advisory Council members advise the Bank’s senior officers and economists on regional economic conditions. New members are appointed by the Minneapolis Fed president. For more information and to see all serving members, visit the Ninth District 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