Renard Johnson of El Paso elected to Dallas Fed board

For Immediate Release: October 31, 2019

DALLAS—Renard U. Johnson of El Paso 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 Dec. 31, 2021.

He served on the Dallas Fed’s El Paso Branch board from 2012 to 2018.

In his role as a Dallas Fed board member, Johnson will provide input on regional economic conditions as part of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy functions.

Johnson is founder of METI Inc., a professional services company that provides systems engineering and information technology support to federal and commercial customers. Prior to founding METI in 1994, he was part of the senior leadership team of a privately held firm before it was acquired by a public corporation.

Johnson is a former board chairman of the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and a prior member of the University of Texas at El Paso College of Engineering Advisory Board as well as previous board chairman and president of the Texas Lyceum. He has served on the boards of many other civic and community organizations.

Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at El Paso.

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 Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.

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Media contact:
James Hoard
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Phone: (214) 922-5307
Email: james.hoard@dal.frb.org