Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

550 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20429

Phone, 202-393-8400. Internet, http://www.fdic.gov/.

Board of Directors:

Chairman (vacancy)

Vice Chairman Andrew C. Hove, Jr., Acting

Directors:

(Comptroller of the Currency) Julie Williams, Acting

(Director, Office of Thrift Ellen S. Seidman

Supervision)

Appointive Director Joseph H. Neely

Officials:

Deputy to the Chairman and Chief Operating Dennis F. Geer

Officer

Chief Financial Officer Paul L. Sachtleben

Deputy to the Vice Chairman Roger A. Hood

Deputy to the Director (Comptroller of the Thomas E. Zemke

Currency)

Deputy to the Director (Office of Thrift Walter B. Mason

Supervision)

Deputy to the Director (Appointive) A. David Meadows

Executive Secretary Robert E. Feldman

General Counsel William F. Kroener III

Director, Division of Administration Jane L. Sartori

Director, Division of Compliance and Consumer Carmen J. Sullivan

Affairs

Director, Division of Finance Paul L. Sachtleben

Director, Division of Information Resources Donald C. Demitros

Management

Director, Division of Insurance Arthur J. Murton

Director, Division of Research and Statistics William R. Watson

Director, Division of Resolutions and John F. Bovenzi

Receiverships

Director, Division of Supervision Nicholas J. Ketcha, Jr.

Director, Office of Corporate Communications Phil Battey

Director, Office of Diversity and Economic Jo-Ann Henry

Opportunity

Director, Office of Internal Control Management Vijay Deshpande

Director, Office of Legislative Affairs Alice C. Goodman

Director, Office of Ombudsman Arleas Upton Kea

Director, Office of Policy Development Robert W. Russell

Inspector General Gaston L. Gianni, Jr.

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation promotes and preserves public confidence in U.S. financial institutions by insuring bank and thrift deposits up to the legal limit of $100,000; by periodically examining State-chartered banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System for safety and soundness as well as compliance with consumer protection laws; and by liquidating assets of failed institutions to reimburse the insurance funds for the cost of failures.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was established under the Banking Act of 1933 in response to numerous bank failures during the Great Depression. The Corporation began insuring banks on January 1,

1934. Congress has increased the limit...