From: Kimberly DeBra
VP Corporate Communications
& Marketing |
May 25, 2004 |
Douglas Shepard Promoted to Woodland
Branch Manager
Robert M. Walker, Senior Vice President/Branch Administrator of
First Northern Bank has announced the promotion of Douglas Shepard
to the position of Vice President/Manager of the Bank’s Woodland
Office. Shepard has been employed with First Northern Bank for a
total of 16 years. Since its inception last year, he has been
managing the Bank’s new Woodland Real Estate Loan Office. In his
new capacity as Branch Manager, Shepard will continue to have
oversight of the Real Estate Loan Office, which is located within
the same commercial complex as the Bank’s Woodland Branch.
Shepard has over 32 years of experience in the business and
financial services field, which includes branch management,
business development, as well as real estate construction,
commercial and real estate mortgage lending.
Shepard is a member of the Woodland Chamber of Commerce and the
Woodland Kiwanis Club. He received the Kiwanian of the Year Award
in 1999. Shepard has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business
Administration from Cal Poly, Pomona. He resides in Woodland with
his wife Karen.
First Northern Bank, established in 1910, is a community based
bank with branch offices strategically located in the communities
of Dixon, Davis, Fairfield, Sacramento, Suisun City, Vacaville,
West Sacramento, Winters and Woodland. The Bank has Real Estate
Loan Offices in Davis, Roseville, El Dorado Hills, Vacaville and
Woodland, and an SBA Loan Department and Asset Management & Trust
Department in Sacramento. First Northern offers a wide range of
SBA, real estate, commercial, agriculture and consumer loans, as
well as a full array of alternative investment products.
Information on First Northern Community Bancorp’s stock can be
obtained on the OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker symbol FNRN.
Primary market makers for the stock are UBS Financial Services,
Inc., Hoefer & Arnett, Inc., The Seidler Companies, and Wedbush
Morgan Securities. First Northern Community Bancorp can be found
on the Web at
www.thatsmybank.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may include certain "forward-looking
statements" about First Northern Community Bancorp (the
"Company"). These forward-looking statements are based on
management's current expectations and are subject to certain
risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Actual results
may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in
global political, economic, business, competitive, market and
regulatory factors. More detailed information about these risk
factors is contained in the Company's most recent reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 10-K, 10-Q
and 8-K, each as it may be amended from time to time, which
identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking
statements. The financial information contained in this release
should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto included in the Company's most recent
reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances arising after the date on which they are
made. For further information regarding the Company, please read
the Company's reports filed with the SEC and available at
www.sec.gov.

Doug Shepard
VP/Manager
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