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ACB ELECTS OR REELECTS 16 DIRECTORS FOR 2005

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s Community Bankers elected or reelected 16 directors to its 47-member board at the annual convention here today.
ACB elected four new directors to serve for three-year terms expiring in 2007:

Joseph M. Guerra, president and CEO, UniBank, Miami.
Daniel L. Stevens, chairman, president and CEO, Home Federal Bank, Treasure Valley, Idaho.
Steven J. Swiontek, chairman, president and CEO, Gate City Bank, Fargo, N.D.
Michael W. Young, chairman, president and CEO, Cenlar Capital Corp. and Cenlar FSB,
Ewing, N.J.

Elected to fill a vacancy for a term expiring in 2005:

William J. Small, chairman, president and CEO, First Defiance Financial Corp, parent of First Federal Bank of the Midwest and First Insurance & Investments, Defiance, Ohio.

ACB also elected nine community bankers to serve a second three-year term on the board, with terms expiring in 2007:

Robert E. Brosky, chairman, president and managing officer, First Federal Savings and Loan Assn., Lorain, Ohio.
Arthur B. Connelly, chairman and CEO, South Shore Savings Bank, South Weymouth, Mass.
Larry J. Lanie, president and CEO, FB BanCorp and its wholly owned subsidiary, Farm Bureau Bank, San Antonio, Texas
William A. Longbrake, vice chair, Washington Mutual Inc., Seattle, Wash.
D. Tad Lowrey, chairman, president and CEO, Jackson Federal Bank, Brea, Calif.
Carolyn Mroz, president and CEO, Bay-Vanguard Federal Savings Bank, Baltimore, Md.
John M. Scarchilli, president and CEO, Pioneer Savings Bank, Troy, N.Y.
Tony D. Whitaker, president, First Federal Savings and Loan Assn., Hazard, Ky.
Stephen E. Zahn, chairman, president and CEO, First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington, Ind.

Elected to a one-year term as the MBank Council’s representative on ACB’s board was William G. Smith, president and CEO, Mutual Community Savings Bank, Inc. SSB, Durham, N.C. The MBank Council addresses the special issues and challenges facing minority and multi-cultural community banks and the diverse needs of their customers.

Elected to represent a state or regional banking trade group for a one-year term was Samuel J. Damiano, president, the New Jersey League of Community Bankers. Damiano is the incoming president of the State Association of Trade Executives.

ACB also elected five members to the 10-member board of ACB Business Partners, Inc., ACB’s for-profit subsidiary. Two new directors were elected for two-year terms expiring in 2006:

Michael J. Brown, Sr., president and CEO, Harbor Federal Savings Bank, Ft. Pierce, Fla.
William W. Zuppe, chairman and CEO, Sterling Savings Bank, Spokane, Wash.

ACB also elected three third-term directors to serve two-year terms expiring in 2006:

Thomas M. Caron, president and CEO, Bank of Easton, North Easton, Mass.
James F. McKenna, president and CEO, North Shore Bank, Brookfield, Wis.
Michael W. Young, chairman, president and CEO, Cenlar Capital Corp. and Cenlar FSB,
Ewing, N.J.

America’s Community Bankers is the national trade association committed to shaping the future of banking by being the innovative industry leader strengthening the competitive position of community banks. To learn more about ACB, visit www.AmericasCommunityBankers.com.

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