Press Release
Jamie Dimon and Jeffrey B. Kindler Reelected New York Fed Directors
February 5, 2010
NEW YORK—Jamie Dimon, chairman, president and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, has been reelected a Class A director and Jeffrey B. Kindler, chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer, has been reelected a Class B director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Dimon has been serving as a Class A director since January 2007 and Mr. Kindler has been serving as a Class B director since October 2009. Mr. Dimon and Mr. Kindler will be serving new three-year terms ending December 2012.

Mr. Dimon became JPMorgan Chase’s chairman of the board in January 2007, following his appointment as chief executive officer on January 2006. He also assumed the title of president upon the company’s merger with Bank One Corporation in July 2004.

Mr. Dimon is a director of The College Fund/UNCF and serves on the board of directors of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, the University of Chicago and Harvard Business School and is on the board of trustees of New York University School of Medicine.

Mr. Dimon holds a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and a master’s degree from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Kindler has been Pfizer’s CEO and chairman since 2006. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Kindler was vice chairman and general counsel. He joined Pfizer in 2002 as executive vice president and general counsel with responsibility for Pfizer’s legal division and was named vice chairman in 2005.

Mr. Kindler serves on the board of trustees of Tufts University and Ronald McDonald House Charities. He is a board member of the Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Catalyst.

Mr. Kindler received his bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and juris doctor from Harvard University, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

The board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York consists of nine members, three of whom are appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems as class C directors. The remaining six (three class A and three class B directors) are elected by member banks in the Second Federal Reserve District. Class A directors are drawn from among the banking community. Class B & C directors are individuals chosen from professions outside the banking community and typically represent business, industry, agriculture, labor and consumers.

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