Marsha Pyle Martin, chairman of the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) died on January 9, 2000, after a brief illness. On January 18, President Clinton designated FCA Board member Michael M. Reyna as chairman. He has served on the FCA Board since October 1998. The FCA's pending lender's choice regulation - mistakenly called customer choice by the FCA - has been put on hold after having been scheduled for final action at the January FCA Board meeting.