The future of the Fed is in the hands of a group of bankers, business leaders, academics, and even a video game executive.

City staff were still recruiting members the same morning the fous group was supposed to begin.

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, economist Raj Chetty and former Bank of England governor Mervyn King are among a slate of names released by the Thursday that will help develop recommended changes to the central bank’s operations.

A sometimes contentious process of talking about how DCR can work with neighborhoods offers recommendations meant to make people feel included.