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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco announces management changesJan 21, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has appointed Alfred Plamann, CEO of Unified Grocers, Inc., and Tracey Doi, group vice president and CFO of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., as chair and vice chair of its Economic Advisory Council, or EAC. Both joined the EAC in 2009. Mr Plamann has led Unified Grocers, Inc. since September 1999, when Los Angeles-based Certified Grocers of California, Ltd. merged with United Grocers, Inc. of Portland, Oregon. Prior to the merger, Mr Plamann spent six years as president and CEO of Certified Grocers of California. Currently Mr Plamann serves on the boards of the Food Marketing Institute and the National Cooperative Grocers Association. He also serves on the Washington, D.C.-based National Cooperative Bank Board of Directors. Mr Plamann is a board member of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Town Hall of Los Angeles, the George L. Graziadio School of Business & Management - Pepperdine University, and the Weingart Center Association, a non-profit organization that provides assistance to the homeless in Los Angeles. Ms Doi joined Toyota in 2000 as vice president, corporate controller and was appointed to CFO in 2003. She is responsible for accounting, finance, tax, treasury, procurement and corporate services. Doi serves on the Company's audit committee and risk committee, and as a director of several subsidiaries. Prior to Toyota, she held financial executive positions with AT&T Wireless and L.A. Cellular Telephone Company. Doi serves on the boards of the US-Japan Council, Claremont University Consortium, Emmaus Life Sciences, Japanese American National Museum, Japan America Society and Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE). In addition, it was announced that Kathryn Hall, CEO of Hall Capital Partners LLC, San Francisco, California, was appointed as the newest member of the Twelfth District's EAC; and that Richard Blum, Chairman and CEO of Blum Capital Partners, was reappointed to a second three-year term. Ms Hall founded Hall Capital Partners in 1994. Previously, she was a General Partner of Laurel Arbitrage Partners, a risk arbitrage investment partnership that she founded in 1989. Ms Hall is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Andrew Mellon Foundation and the Board of Regents of St. Ignatius College Preparatory. Mr Blum founded Blum Capital in 1975. Mr Blum is Chairman Emeritus of the University of California Board of Regents and now continues to serve as a Regent. http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon |