DIXON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Gregory DuPratt, Chairman of the Board of First Northern Bank and First
Northern Community Bancorp (OTCQB: FNRN), has announced the appointment
of Patrick R. Brady to both the Bank and Company’s Boards of Directors.
He will also serve on the Bank’s Compensation and Asset Management &
Trust Committees.

Patrick R. Brady Member, Board of Directors First Northern Bank & First Northern Community Bancorp (Photo: Business Wire)
Mr. Brady is Chief Executive Officer of Sutter Roseville Medical Center.
He has been involved with Sutter since 1981, and has been in his current
position since January 1999. Prior to assuming his current duties, Mr.
Brady served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sutter Solano Medical
Center (SSMC) for approximately six and a half years. Prior to SSMC, he
served in a variety of executive level positions with Sutter Health in
the Greater Sacramento Area and in hospital management in Los Angeles,
California and Tucson, Arizona.
Mr. Brady has a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from
the University of Arizona, and a Masters degree in Hospital
Administration form the University of Minnesota. His professional
activities include leadership roles in the American Hospital
Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, California
Healthcare Association, The Hospital Council of Northern and Central
California, and the American Heart Association. He has participated
actively in local and regional affairs through Chamber of Commerce
Boards, the Board of the Partnership HealthPlan of California, the Board
of the Solano Coalition for Better Health, the Board for the Child Abuse
Prevention Council for Placer County, the Board for Northern California
P.E.T. Imaging, the Placer County Community Advisory Board, the Board of
the Sutter Roseville Medical Center Foundation (formerly Roseville
Community Health Foundation), the American Heart Association, Rotary
Club of Roseville, and the Roseville Economic Development Steering
Committee. Pat and his wife, Jan, and Daughter, live in Newcastle,
California.
The other members of the Bank’s Board of Directors include: Gregory
DuPratt of Dixon (Chairman), John M. Carbahal of Winters (Vice
Chairman), Lori J. Aldrete of Sacramento, Frank J. Andrews, Jr. of
Fairfield, Diane P. Hamlyn of Sacramento, Foy McNaughton of Fairfield,
Richard M. Martinez of Woodland, Owen J. Onsum of Dixon, David W.
Schulze of El Macero, and Louise A. Walker of Dixon.
About First Northern Bank
First Northern Bank, an independent community bank headquartered in
Solano County since 1910, serves Solano, Yolo, Sacramento, Placer and
the west slope of El Dorado County. First Northern has 10 branches
located in Dixon, Davis, West Sacramento, Fairfield, Vacaville, Winters,
Woodland, Downtown Sacramento, Roseville, and Auburn, and has a full
service Trust Department in Sacramento. First Northern Bank also offers
24/7 real estate mortgage loans, SBA Loans, and non-FDIC insured
Investment and Brokerage Services at each branch location. Real Estate
Mortgage Loan offices are located in Davis and Roseville, and real
estate loan representatives are available to meet customers at any of
the Bank’s branches by appointment. The Bank specializes in relationship
banking and employs experts in the area of small business, commercial,
agribusiness, and real estate lending, as well as wealth management. The
Bank 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.

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FIRST NORTHERN BANK
Kimberly A. DeBra, 707-678-3041
EVP/Corporate
Communications
Source: First Northern Community Bancorp