President George around the 10th District
President Esther George, Omaha Branch Executive Nate Kauffman and Omaha Branch directors in July learned firsthand about the northeastern Nebraska economy when they were guests of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Omaha Branch Director Annette Hamilton is chief operating officer of Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development arm of the tribe. Ho-Chunk Inc. strives to create economic opportunities that help the tribe achieve self-sufficiency and improve the community. As part of the visit, officials of the tribe explained Ho-Chunk’s history and mission. The Bank leaders toured the village of Winnebago and visited some of Ho-Chunk’s businesses and projects in the area.
Representatives from the Tribe and Ho-Chunk, Inc., including Omaha Branch Director Annette Hamilton (pictured at left), presented a blanket to President George in appreciation of the Kansas City Fed leaders’ visit.
President Esther George, Omaha Branch Executive Nate Kauffman and Omaha Branch directors in July learned firsthand about the northeastern Nebraska economy when they were guests of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Omaha Branch Director Annette Hamilton is chief operating officer of Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development arm of the tribe. Ho-Chunk Inc. strives to create economic opportunities that help the tribe achieve self-sufficiency and improve the community. As part of the visit, officials of the tribe explained Ho-Chunk’s history and mission. The Bank leaders toured the village of Winnebago and visited some of Ho-Chunk’s businesses and projects in the area.
George posed with members of the “Many Moccasins Dance Troupe.”
In July 2021, President George spoke to Reserve Bank employees during a town hall hosted by Bank Historian Timothy Todd. The event was conducted in-person and live-streamed to remote workers.
In Albuquerque, President George visited Kansas City Fed Director María Griego-Raby, founder, principal and president of Contract Associates Inc. Griego-Raby joined the Bank’s Kansas City Board of Directors in 2021. Earlier she served on the Tenth District’s Economic Advisory Council.
(From left) Senior Vice Presidents Craig Zahnd, Donna Ward and Diane Raley joined President Esther George (center) and Assistant Vice President Matt Ruemker (far right) on the visit to 925 Grand.
Members of the Nebraska Independent Community Bankers, including President and CEO Eric Hallman (pictured with Esther George in the photo at right) were guests of the Kansas City Fed in July 2021.
In July 2021, President George stopped in the Omaha area to visit former Kansas City Fed director Terry Moore. Moore, retired president of the Omaha AFL-CIO, has the longest director service record in the Tenth District. He served a total of 15 years – two terms on the Kansas City Fed Board, two years on the Omaha Branch Board and two terms on the District’s Economic Advisory Council. At the time of his retirement from the AFL-CIO, Moore was the longest-serving elected labor leader in
the country.
President Esther George was among the guests for an October 2021 banquet in Kansas City celebrating the training advancement of Sheet Metal Workers apprentices. The banquet was hosted by Sheet Metal Workers Local Union #2, an affiliate of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association. Apprentices were recognized for completing a portion of their studies through the union’s Journeyman and Apprentice Training Center.
Sheet Metal Workers Local #2 Business Manager Greg Chastain (center) and Financial Secretary Jay Lind presented a lantern to President George. The lantern was made by one of the union’s retired instructors.
In one of her first in-person speaking engagements of 2021, President George traveled to Colorado Springs in September to deliver remarks at the 74th West Annual Meeting of the Council of State Governments. The Council, founded in 1933, is the country’s largest nonpartisan organization serving states’ elected and appointed officials.
In one of her first in-person speaking engagements of 2021, President George traveled to Colorado Springs in September to deliver remarks at the 74th West Annual Meeting of the Council of State Governments. The Council, founded in 1933, is the country’s largest nonpartisan organization serving states’ elected and appointed officials.
President Esther George spoke to the Denver and Kansas City Student Boards of Directors in November as the Tenth District program kicked off for 2021-2022. She spoke to the students about her experience as a Reserve Bank president and discussed her career path. The Student Board of Directors program provides opportunities for students to learn about the nation’s central bank as well as increase their understanding of economic, financial and occupational topics through collaboration with peers and business leaders.
On November 19, 2021, Esther George provided a keynote during an economic development summit in St. Joseph, Mo. Here she is pictured with
Cereal Ingredients, Inc. leadership.
Esther George with MidCity Excellence Staff at an economic development summit in St. Joseph, Mo., on November 19, 2021. Esther provided a keynote during the event to a hometown audience of community leaders and business owners.
Esther George spoke to the media at an economic development summit in St. Joseph, Mo., on November 19, 2021, where she delivered a keynote to community leaders and business owners.
On May 18, 2021, the Tenth District Honor Guard carried the colors at the home opener of the Kansas City Monarchs (formerly, the T-Bones). Officers pictured with Esther George (left to right): Johnny Smith, Bryan Kendrick, Robert Chmidling and Edgardo Melo.
Esther George addressed the Missouri Independent Bankers Association with remarks on the progress of the economic recovery, the Fed’s policy stance and observations on the banking system on May 7, 2021.
At Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City in May 2021 (from left): Kansas City Fed Senior Vice President Diane Raley, Oklahoma City Branch Director J. Walter Duncan, President Esther George, Kansas City Director Doug Stussi, Oklahoma City Branch Director Katrina Washington and Oklahoma City Branch Executive Chad Wilkerson.
President Esther George at her first in-person public speaking engagement since March 2020. George addressed the Oklahoma Bankers Association at their annual convention and retirement celebration for long time OBA president, Roger Beverage, on May 26, 2021.
In June 2020, Esther George was interviewed via videoconference by Omaha television station KETV. George discussed the Fed’s response during the pandemic and shared her outlook for the economy. Coincidentally a window-cleaning service was working at the Bank’s office.
On March 9, 2020, President Esther George and Senior Vice President Diane Raley visited Premier Manufacturing Inc. of Frederick, Colorado, as guests of President and Owner Edmond Johnson (rear, center), who serves on the Bank’s Kansas City Board of Directors.
Esther George spoke at a Risk Management Association breakfast event at the Kansas City Fed’s head office on March 4, 2020.
Ho-Chunk, Inc., the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe, recently hosted Kansas City Fed President Esther George and the Omaha Branch Directors in Winnebago, Nebraska. They visited the Honoring-The-Clans Sculpture Garden, toured the village and Ho-Chunk, Inc. businesses.
Ho-Chunk, Inc., the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe, recently hosted Kansas City Fed President Esther George and the Omaha Branch Directors in Winnebago, Nebraska. They visited the Honoring-The-Clans Sculpture Garden, toured the village and Ho-Chunk, Inc. businesses.
On October 9, 2019, Federal Reserve Chair Powell and Kansas City Fed President Esther George hosted local business and community leaders for a Fed Listens session.
Kansas City Fed President Esther George sat down with Fox Business News for an interview during the Jackson Hole 2019 Economic Symposium.
President Esther George and Tammy Edwards, head of community engagement and inclusion at the Kansas City Fed, met Duke Dujakovich of Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO and others at an event hosted by the nonprofit Working Families’ Friend.
Kansas City Fed President Esther George and the Denver Branch Board of Directors toured a farm with the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry to learn how crops are grown in high-desert areas.
Bank President Esther George delivered remarks at January 2020 Econ Club meeting.