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ACB ELECTS 6 NEW DIRECTORS, REELECTS 9 OTHERS FOR 2006

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ORLANDO, Fla. — America’s Community Bankers elected six new directors and reelected nine others to its 47-member board at the annual convention here today.

ACB’s elected new directors, who will serve for three-year terms expiring in 2008, are:

Barrie G. Christman, president and CEO, Principal Bank, Des Moines, Iowa
Richard Driscoll, chairman and CEO, Southwest Securities Bank, Forth Worth, Texas
Jay Ford, president and CEO, Crest Savings Bank, Wildwood, N.J.
Karen McCormick, president and CEO, First Federal Savings and Loan Assn. of Port Angeles, Wash.
Peyton R. Patterson, chairman, president and CEO, NewAlliance Bank, New Haven, Conn.

Elected to represent a state or regional banking trade group for a one-year term was Frank A. Pinto, president and CEO, the Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers. Pinto is the incoming president of the State Association of Trade Executives.

ACB also elected eight community bankers to serve a second three-year term on the board, with terms expiring in 2008:

Kenneth J. Abt, chairman, president and CEO, First Federal Savings of Middletown, N.Y.
M. Clark Bastian, president and CEO, Fidelity Bank, Wichita, Kan.
Larry J. Brandt, president and CEO, First Federal Bank of Arkansas, Harrison, Ark.
William A. Donius, chairman and CEO, Pulaski Bank, St. Louis, Mo.
John A. Hamilton, president and CEO, Advance Bank, Baltimore, Md.
George S. Haynes, president and CEO, Brattleboro Savings Bank, Brattleboro, Vt.
Stanley D. Jenks, president and CEO, Security Savings Bank, Monmouth, Ill.
William J. Small, chairman, president and CEO, First Defiance Financial Corp, Defiance, Ohio.

Re-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.

ACB also elected six members to the 15-member board of ACB Business Partners, Inc., ACB’s for-profit subsidiary.

Elected chairman for a two-year term expiring in 2007 was D. Russell Taylor, president and CEO, RSI Bank, Rahway, N.J.

Two new directors were elected for two-year terms expiring in 2007:

Harry P. Doherty, vice chairman, Independence Community Bank Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y.
David H. Wells, Jr., president and CEO, K Bank, Owings Mills, Md.

ACB also re-elected two directors to serve two-year terms expiring in 2007:

David A. Bochnowski, chairman and CEO, Peoples Bank, SB, Munster, Ind.
Stephen D. Hailer, president and CEO, Akron Savings Bank, Akron, Ohio

Elected to the board as an ex-officio member was Edwin R. “Bud” Maus, president and CEO, Laurel Savings Bank, Allison, Pa.

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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