Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta announced that Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Strategy Officer, Jill Spencer, will be retiring, effective April 1. Assuming her role as general counsel will be Reggie O'Shields, senior vice president, deputy general counsel, and director of legal services.

Spencer has served in the Federal Home Loan Bank System for more than 25 years. She joined FHLBank Atlanta in 2002 as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, and was appointed to general counsel and chief strategy officer in 2008. Spencer also served as interim president and CEO from April 2010 to December 2010. Prior to joining FHLBank Atlanta, Spencer worked at FHLBank San Francisco for 18 years, serving as senior vice president and general counsel in her last eight years there.   

O'Shields was promoted to senior vice president and director of legal services on Jan 1. Additionally, he has served as the bank's deputy general counsel since 2007. He joined FHLBank Atlanta in 2003 as a Senior Attorney and has served in various leadership positions in the Legal Services Department. Before joining the Bank, he worked in private legal practice with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in Atlanta, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in Greenville, South Carolina, and with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett in New York.