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2005 News Releases
For immediate release:
February 4, 2005
Media contact:
James Hoard
Phone: (214) 922-5307
e-mail: james.hoard@dal.frb.org
Helm and Levine Re-Elected
Leaders of Dallas Fed’s El Paso Branch Board
DALLAS—The board of directors
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' El Paso Branch
has re-elected Ron C. Helm chairman for 2005 and Cecilia
O. Levine chairman pro tem.
Helm, a Midland, Texas, native,
was appointed to the El Paso Branch board in 2001 by
the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He served as
chairman pro tem in 2003 and chairman in 2004.
He owns and operates Helm Land
and Cattle Co. and is a partner in Alamo Cattle Co.
with operations in Jeff Davis and Culberson counties.
Helm is a director of the Texas
and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and is also
a member of the National Cattleman's Beef Association
and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Trans-Pecos Task Force.
Helm holds a degree in agricultural
economics from Texas Tech University. He resides on
the E.V. Ranch in Jeff Davis County.
Levine has served on the El Paso Branch board since
2002 and was chairman pro tem in 2004. She was appointed
to the Branch board by the Board of Governors.
She is president of MFI International
LLC, a maquiladora with operations in El Paso and Juárez,
Mexico. An active member of various civic organizations,
Levine is president and founder of USA/Mexico Strategic
Alliance and chairman of the board for the El Paso World
Trade Center.
Levine is also a founding member
of the Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as well
as a participant in the U.S.–Mexico Partnership
for Prosperity, a public–private alliance that
aims to spur private-sector economic growth throughout
Mexico.
Levine studied geology at the
University of Texas at El Paso. She is a native of Chihuahua,
Mexico, and currently resides in El Paso.
The El Paso Branch board of directors
consists of seven members, four appointed by the Dallas
Fed board of directors and three by the Federal Reserve
Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.
For more information on the Dallas
Fed, visit www.dallasfed.org.
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