Deborah Awai

Deborah M. Awai (Col ’81, Law ’84 L/M) was appointed as the chief financial officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. As senior vice president for the finance and statistics groups, Awai oversees multiple business groups, including financial planning, accounting, procurement, supplier diversity, depository institution reserve requirement compliance and data collection and analytics.

Deborah Awai (Col ’81, Law ’84 CM) has been appointed senior vice president of bank operations for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She will provide executive leadership to the bank’s cash operations and will oversee district facilities management and workplace services. She has also been appointed to the bank’s executive committee and will retain the responsibilities of her previous positions, group vice president of the cash services division and Los Angeles branch deputy regional executive. Before joining the bank, she worked in private practice and served as senior counsel in the legal division of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.

Deborah Awai (Col ’81, Law ’84 CM) has been appointed assistant branch manager of the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She also serves as the group vice president responsible for Federal Reserve’s currency and coin processing operations in the western United States. Ms. Awai resides in Glendale, Calif., with her husband and their daughter.