[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





RECOGNIZING TAMMY EDWARDS' RETIREMENT FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF 
                              KANSAS CITY

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                          HON. EMANUEL CLEAVER

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 29, 2023

  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of Missouri's Fifth Congressional 
District, I rise to celebrate the illustrious career of Tammy Edwards, 
who has served as the senior vice president of the Community Engagement 
and Inclusion Division at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City since 
2019. As her retirement draws near, let us take a moment to reflect 
upon Tammy's professional accomplishments as well as her many 
contributions to the community she calls home.
  Raised on the east side of Troost Avenue, the corridor historically 
used to divide Kansas City along racial lines, Tammy attended Kansas 
City Public Schools and graduated in the top 10 percent of her high 
school class. Tammy's academic prowess led to her acceptance into the 
INROADS program, which works to open up pathways to careers for 
ethnically diverse high school and college students all across the 
United States. While earning her Bachelor of Business Administration at 
the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Tammy's involvement in the 
INROADS program helped her land an internship at United Telecom, the 
predecessor to Sprint Corporation. Tammy continued her internship 
throughout her four years of undergraduate study, and after graduating 
in 1984, she accepted a full-time position with the company, where she 
would remain for over twenty-six years. In the early years of her 
career, Tammy went back to UMKC to earn an MBA, which she completed in 
1986.
  In 2008, Tammy became the vice president of the Community Development 
Division at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, which covers the 
10th District of the Federal Reserve. The District includes Kansas, 
Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, northern New Mexico, and western 
Missouri, where it promotes the public's interest by supporting 
economic and financial stability. By 2019, Tammy had worked her way up 
the ranks to become the Bank's senior vice president within the 
Community Engagement and Inclusion Division. Notably, Tammy also served 
as director of the Bank's Office of Minority and Women Inclusion and 
was a member of the Bank's Management Committee, which oversees the 
institution's strategic planning and policy direction.
  Throughout her nearly 15 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 
City, Tammy helped develop a diverse and welcoming workforce and 
culture, led engagement initiatives for strategic stakeholders, 
directed programs aimed at addressing challenging community and 
economic development issues that affect underserved individuals and 
communities, helped advance women and minority bankers, and encouraged 
her colleagues to volunteer outside of work.
  Always leading by example, Tammy serves on the board of directors for 
the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, the Full Employment Council, 
Kansas City Scholars, the Kansas City Workforce Investment Board, 
Kansas City Public Television, the Metropolitan Community College 
Foundation, and the Jacob and Ella Loose Foundation. Additionally, 
Tammy is actively involved at St. James United Methodist Church, the 
Greater Kansas City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Greater 
Kansas City Chamber's Executive Women Leadership Council. Tammy also 
frequently presents on various leadership, community and economic 
development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion topics. Indeed, Tammy 
has faithfully lived up to the words of Luke 12:48, ``From everyone who 
has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has 
been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.''
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing Tammy Edwards for her 
years of service to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Tammy has 
spent her entire career using her influence to lift up others, and I 
wish her all the best in retirement.

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