James Hill, former Texas banker and current director of the Neeley Center for Real Estate at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, has been elected to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors by its member banks. He will serve the remaining portion of an unexpired term ending December 31, 2024, and provide insight into the region’s economy in support of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy function.
In addition to his role as director of the Neeley Center for Real Estate, Hill also serves as a professor in the finance department at Texas Christian University. Additionally, he is principal of James Hill Consulting. Hill previously served as executive vice president and chief strategy officer for AccessBank Texas, and as vice president, senior vice president and executive vice president at Texas Capital Bank.
Hill received a BBA degree in finance from the Honors Business Program at the University of Texas–Austin and an accelerated MBA degree from Texas Christian University. He serves on the boards of the Tarrant Regional Water District, North Texas Commission and Fort Worth Club. He also is a member of the Fort Worth Country Day School building and grounds committee, Texas Wesleyan University President’s advisory council, Greater Fort Worth Real Estate Council Founder’s Council and Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate.
Each Federal Reserve Bank has a nine-member board of directors. Three members represent commercial banks, three represent the public and three are appointed by the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.
In other news, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has appointed Deborah Kilroe vice president with responsibility for communications. She will join the bank on September 1.
Kilroe will lead the agency’s integrated communications function, which encompasses media relations, employee communications, public engagement and executive communications. She will be responsible for establishing external and internal communication strategies, aligning the team’s efforts to the Dallas Fed’s mission, strategy and priorities and integrating its communications on policy, research, banking and the community.
Kilroe joins the Dallas Fed from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in Washington, D.C., where she spent 13 years as director of communications. In that position, she was chief spokesperson and top strategic communications advisor to CBO leadership. She also oversaw CBO’s internal and external online presence while managing public affairs activities.
Prior to that, Kilroe was vice president and head of media relations and public affairs at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during the global financial crisis. She also served as a senior media relations specialist for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, for which she was a lead spokesperson on financial regulation and bank supervision issues.
Before joining the Federal Reserve board, Kilroe worked for more than a decade as a financial journalist. She started out as a regional reporter for daily newspapers in Colorado and New Jersey. She later became an economics correspondent reporting from both Washington and New York.
Kilroe holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado.
