The Federal Reserve Board has named ten new members to its Consumer Advisory Council and designated a new Chair and Vice Chair of the Council for 2011.

The Council advises the Board on the exercise of its responsibilities under the Consumer Credit Protection Act and on other matters in the area of consumer financial services. 

Jonathan Zinman, one of the ten new members, is an Associate Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, and Research Affiliate at Innovations for Poverty Action.