The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas recently announced numerous appointments and reappointments to its network of branches in San Antonio, El Paso and Houston. As board members, these individuals provide input on the region’s economy as part of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy function. Each branch board consists of seven members—four appointed by the Dallas Fed and three appointed by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.
The Dallas Fed has reappointed Brad Barron and Tyson Tuttle to the bank’s San Antonio branch board for a term ending December 31, 2026.
Barron is chairman and CEO of NuStar Energy in San Antonio, a publicly traded master limited partnership that transports and stores crude oil, refined products and renewable fuels. He serves on the board of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and previously served as a member of the Dallas Fed’s Energy Advisory Council.
Before becoming CEO of NuStar in 2014, Barron served as the company’s executive vice president and general counsel. In that role, he provided legal counsel to NuStar’s board of directors and principal officers.
Barron holds a BBA degree from Texas Tech University and a JD degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He also holds an MA degree from St. John’s College. In addition to the boards noted above, Barron also serves on the boards of the Alamo Bowl and San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Community Advisory Board for Haven for Hope. He previously served as a board member of the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, as well as the Texas Tech Foundation.
Tuttle is retired president and CEO of Silicon Labs, a public, global semiconductor company based in Austin. He joined Silicon Labs in 1997 as one of the company’s first employees and held a variety of roles in design engineering and product management, including chief technology officer and chief operating officer, before being named CEO in 2012. Tuttle retired as CEO at the end of 2021 after completing the sale of Silicon Labs’ legacy infrastructure and automotive product lines to Skyworks Solutions. He remains on the company’s technical advisory board.
Before joining Silicon Labs, Tuttle held positions at Broadcom and Cirrus Logic.
Tuttle holds a BS degree from Johns Hopkins University and an MS degree from the University of California, both in electrical engineering. He currently serves on the advisory board of the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University and the board of the Austin Monitor. He also has served on the boards of Austin PBS, Global Semiconductor Alliance and the Semiconductor Industry Association.
The Dallas Fed has appointed Christian Perez Giese and James Walter to the El Paso branch board of directors. They will serve a three-year term starting January 1, 2024.
Giese is senior vice president/director at commercial real estate company CBRE Inc., where he leads the El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, offices for the firm. He joined CBRE in 2002 and has spent almost 22 years in the industrial and commercial real estate business, working on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border.
Giese earned a BA degree in political economy with a minor in public policy from the University of California. He also serves as a governing board member of the Hospitals of Providence’s Memorial and Sierra campuses, and on the Medical Center of the America’s realty board and WestStar Title board in El Paso. He has served on El Paso Mayor Dee Margo’s COVID-19 recovery task force as well as other community-focused projects.
Walter is co-chief executive officer and a director of Permian Resources Corp. and has served in that capacity since September 2022. Prior to the formation of Permian Resources in 2022, he served as co-chief executive officer of Colgate Energy, which he co-founded in 2015. Permian Resources was formed as the product of a merger between Centennial Resource Development and Colgate Energy.
Walter received his BA degree in the Plan II Honors Program and BBA degree in finance from the University of Texas–Austin. He serves as a board member for the Permian Strategic Partnership, a coalition of leading Permian Basin companies working together to address current and future challenges to the responsible development of oil and gas resources across the region’s communities in Texas and New Mexico. He is also an active member of the CEO Forum and Redeemer Midland Church.
The Dallas Fed has appointed Dr. Marc Boom and reappointed Bob Patel to its Houston Branch board of directors. They will serve a three-year term starting January 1, 2024.
Boom is president and CEO of Houston Methodist, which includes a leading academic medical center in the Texas Medical Center, six community hospitals serving the Greater Houston area and a comprehensive research institute. He holds academic appointments at Weill Cornell Medicine, Texas A&M University College of Medicine and UTHealth School of Public Health. Boom was previously executive vice president of the Methodist Hospital and president and CEO of Methodist Diagnostic Hospital. He was also previously president and CEO of Baylor-Methodist Primary Care Associates.
Boom earned a BS degree in biology from the University of Texas–Austin and an MD degree from Baylor College of Medicine. He also earned an MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Boom is board-certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine, and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and American College of Healthcare Executives. He serves as chair of the Greater Houston Partnership and is on the board of the American Hospital Association. He also served as chair of the Texas Hospital Association and on the Houston advisory board of Amegy Bank.
Patel is president of Standard Industries, a privately held global industrial company operating in more than 80 countries with over 20,000 employees. He joined Standard Industries in 2022 to serve as CEO of its W.R. Grace & Co. Prior to Standard Industries, he served seven years as the CEO of LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. For more than 20 years, Patel has held leadership positions of increasing responsibility around the globe at Chevron Corp. and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
Patel earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Ohio State University and an MBA degree from Temple University. He serves on the board of Halliburton Co., the Ohio State University College of Engineering external advisory council and Temple University Fox School of Business board of visitors.
