美联储的最高领导层------美联储管理委员会（相当于中央政治局），中文媒体常称之为"美联储董事会"。其委员（members of the Board of Governors of FED)也常被中文媒体称为"美联储董事"。其实他们并不是什么股份公司样的“董事”，而是像联邦大法官一样，由总统提名，国会批准的国家公务人员。其决策机制也像美国联邦最高法院一样，按照“一人一票”的简单多数决定。宋鸿兵等人的“联储主席由大股东选择决定”的说法纯属无稽之谈。
Banks that hold stock in the Fed are called member banks. All nationally chartered banks hold stock in the Federal Reserve. State-chartered banks may choose to be members, upon meeting certain standards. However, holding Fed stock is not like owning publicly traded stock. Fed stock cannot be sold or traded. Member banks receive a fixed, 6 percent dividend annually on their stock, and they do not control the Fed as a result of owning this stock. They do, however, elect six of the nine members of Reserve Banks’ boards of directors.
So who owns the Fed? Although it is set up like a private corporation and member banks hold its stock, the Fed owes its existence to an act of Congress and has a mandate to serve the public. So the most accurate answer may be that the Fed is "owned" by the citizens of the United States.
