Matthew G. Stuller Sr., chairman and chief executive officer of Stuller Inc. in Lafayette, La., has been appointed to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s New Orleans Branch. His term runs through Dec. 31, 2009.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta branch directors provide economic information from the branch territory to the district bank’s president and head office directors, who use the information in formulating monetary policy and making discount rate recommendations.

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., appoints three of the directors of the New Orleans Branch, and the Atlanta head office directors appoint four. Stuller was an Atlanta head office appointee.