The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has announced the following promotions:
Jim Dolmas has been promoted to economic policy advisor and senior economist in the research department. Previously, he was a senior research economist. Dolmas joined the Dallas Fed in 2000. He leads the policy group and is a co-editor of Dallas Fed Economics. Dolmas also developed the Dallas Fed’s much-cited Trimmed Mean PCE inflation measure and more recently contributed to the development of the Dallas Fed Mobility and Engagement Index. He holds a BA degree from the University of Chicago and an MA degree and PhD from the University of Rochester.
Mike Eliason has been promoted to vice president in the facilities management and planning department with general responsibility for that department. Previously, he was assistant vice president. Eliason joined the Dallas Fed in 2017, bringing more than 30 years of experience in facilities operations with an advanced specialization in data center management.
Julieta Ezeiza has been promoted to assistant vice president in the communications and outreach department. In this role, she will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with leaders of financial institutions and the banking sector, including the Dallas Fed’s Community Depository Institution advisory council and efforts to advance diversity and inclusion in the industry. Previously, she was a senior outreach advisor. Ezeiza holds a BBA degree from the University of Michigan and an MA degree from Southern Methodist University.
James Hoard has been promoted to vice president in the communications and outreach department with continuing responsibility for executive communications and media relations. Previously, he was an assistant vice president. Hoard has more than 30 years of experience in various public relations positions, including service in Washington, D.C., as press aide for a U.S. senator and as press secretary and legislative aide for a Texas state senator in Austin. He holds a BA degree in journalism from Midwestern State University and an MA degree in political science from West Texas A&M University. Hoard also attended the executive education program at Harvard Business School.
Dottie Ney MacIntyre has been promoted to assistant vice president in the banking supervision department. In this role, she will be responsible for the supervision of regional banking organizations and savings and loan holding companies managed out of the Dallas Fed’s San Antonio branch. Previously, she was a director of compliance and risk management. MacIntyre joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond as an examiner in 1987, later joining the Federal Reserve Bank of New York before coming to Dallas. She has worked in multiple areas within the banking supervision function. Most recently, she assisted in operationalizing the Paycheck Protection Program liquidity facility in Dallas. She holds a BS degree from the University of Virginia and an MA degree from Columbia University.
Marcus Propps has been promoted to vice president with continuing responsibility for the Dallas Fed and its El Paso cash departments. Previously, he was an assistant vice president. Propps joined the Dallas Fed in 2000 and has in-depth cash operations knowledge and an extensive record of cash-related leadership roles within the Dallas Fed and Federal Reserve System. He holds a BS degree in finance from Oklahoma State University.
Alex Richter has been promoted to economic policy advisor and senior economist in the research department. Previously, he was a senior research economist. Richter joined the Dallas Fed in 2016. He is an active researcher who has published peer-reviewed articles in prominent journals in the areas of macroeconomics, monetary policy, fiscal policy, computational economics and Bayesian econometrics. He also serves as the director of the BigTex High-Performance Computing Cluster, which is available to research economists throughout the Federal Reserve System. He holds a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin and an MA degree and PhD from Indiana University.
Marvin Dagg has been promoted to assistant vice president in the banking supervision department and will assume responsibility for the supervision of a community bank portfolio and all foreign banks operating in the 11th Federal Reserve District. Dagg joined the St. Louis Fed in 1999 as an assistant bank examiner. He left his role as a senior bank examiner in 2014 to join the Houston branch of the Dallas Fed as director of examinations. Dagg holds a BBA degree from Southeast Missouri State University.
Abe Davoody has been promoted to assistant vice president in the banking supervision department and will assume responsibility for the supervision of a community bank portfolio. Previously, Davoody served as director of examinations in the banking supervision department. Prior to joining the Dallas Fed, he worked at the Denver branch of the Kansas City Fed as a safety and soundness examiner, enforcement examiner and then went on to manage the applications and enforcement department at the Kansas City Fed. Davoody holds a BBA degree from Colorado State University and an MBA degree from the University of Dallas. He is also a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado.
Dex Beyene has been named assistant vice president and chief sustainability officer. Most recently, Beyene served as assistant vice president in charge of the bank’s sustainability efforts since 2018. He joined the Dallas Fed in 1999 and has served in a variety of positions in the financial management department, which led to being named financial management officer in 2013. Previously, he worked for the Louisville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and for Bank of America. Beyene has been involved in many nonprofit and civic initiatives, including serving as co-chair of the DFW Community COVID-19 Health Task Force. He holds a BBA degree from Berea College in Kentucky and is a graduate of the Dallas Fed’s career development program.
