The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today appointed four new members, three of which were Massachusetts bankers, to the First District Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC).

Richard J. Gavegnano, president, CEO and chairman of the board at East Boston Savings Bank; Gilda Nogueira, president and CEO of East Cambridge Savings Bank; Julieann M. Thurlow, president and CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank; and Mark Mickeriz, president and CEO of SIS Bank in Maine, were selected to represent the First District, which includes Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and all of Connecticut, excluding Fairfield County.

"Members of the CDIAC represent community financial institutions from the cities and towns that form the backbone of the New England economy," Eric S. Rosengren, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said in a statement. "The council members provide valuable perspectives that inform the Boston Fed’s mission of public service across the region."

CDIAC members attend two meetings per year at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and are asked to share information, offer advice and make informal recommendations to the Reserve Bank’s representatives during active roundtable discussions. 

The next meeting of the First District CDIAC will be on April 2.