For immediate release: January 13, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta announces the appointments of Shanna Jackson and Adam L. Wright to the Nashville Branch board of directors.
Jackson was appointed by the Board of Governors to serve a three-year term ending December 31, 2027. She is the president of Nashville State Community College. Jackson is a member of the board of directors of the United Way of Greater Nashville and Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and a graduate of Tennessee State University.
Wright was appointed by the Atlanta board of directors to serve a three-year term ending December 31, 2027. He is the chief executive officer for Pilot Company in Knoxville, Tennessee. As the leader of North America’s largest travel center network, Wright brings insights from his extensive experience in the energy and retail sector. Wright is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Omaha.
The other directors of the Atlanta Fed’s Nashville Branch are:
- Amanda W. Hite, president of STR in Hendersonville (term expires December 31, 2025),
- Michael Honious, president and chief executive officer of GEODIS in Americas in Brentwood (term expires December 31, 2025),
- W. Bradley Southern (chair), chair and chief executive officer of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation in Nashville (term expires December 31, 2026),
- Marshall E. Crawford Jr., president and chief executive officer of The Housing Fund Inc. in Nashville (term expires December 31, 2026), and
- Kelly M. Dilts, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Dollar General Corporation in Goodlettsville (term expires December 31, 2027).
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta branch directors provide economic information from their industries and the branch territory to the district Bank’s president and head office directors, who use the information in discussing monetary policy options and making discount rate recommendations. The Board of Governors appoints three of the Nashville Branch directors, and the Atlanta head office directors appoint four.
About the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta serves the Sixth Federal Reserve District, which encompasses Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and sections of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. As part of the nation’s central banking system, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta participates in setting national monetary policy, supervises numerous commercial banks, and provides a variety of financial services to depository institutions and the US government.
