DIXON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
First Northern Community Bancorp (ticker symbol FNRN: OTCQB), holding
company for First Northern Bank, announced that Richard Martinez
was elected to a three-year term as Chairman and Gregory DuPratt
was elected to a one-year term as Vice Chairman at its recent 2018
Organization Meeting of the Board of Directors. Together, Martinez and
DuPratt bring nearly 30 years of First Northern directorship experience
to their leadership positions.
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Richard Martinez, Chairman (Photo: Business Wire)
Richard Martinezjoined First Northern’s Board of Directors in
2011 and served as Vice Chairman of the Board from 2017 to 2018. He
currently serves on the Directors Loan Committee and the Asset/Liability
Committee; he is also Chairman of the Company’s Compensation Committee
and the Directors Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.
Mr. Martinez is a partner of Triad Farms, a diversified row crop farm
that operates property in Solano and Yolo Counties. He has been
responsible for the financial management of the farming operations for
the past 33 years. From 1981 to 1985, Martinez was employed by the Yolo
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District in Yolo County and
served as Division Manager for the Irrigation and Flood Control
operations. He joined First Northern’s Board of Directors in 2011 and is
a member of the Director’s Loan, Compensation, and ALCO Committees.
Mr. Martinez has a BS degree in Agriculture from California State
University, Chico. He and his wife, Connie, raised their three daughters
in Woodland, and they currently reside in Dixon.
Mr. Martinez is past Chairman of the Dixon Joint Powers Authority for
Regional Drainage and served on the Board of Directors for the Dixon
Resource Conservation District for 20 years. He is active in many
agricultural and natural resource related associations and advisory
committees, such as the Yolo Basin Foundation, the California Farm
Bureau, the California Tomato Research Institute, the Yolo Bypass
Working Group, and the California Tomato, Alfalfa, Wheat, and Dry Beans
Growers Associations. Martinez’ experience in management of both private
and public sectors in the region has provided him with extensive
knowledge of the local agricultural community.
Gregory DuPratt has served on the Board since July 1996. He was
Vice Chairman of the Board from 2003 until 2008. He then served as
Chairman from 2008 until 2013. He currently serves on the Directors
Loan, Nominating & Corporate Governance, Compensation, and
Asset/Liability Committees.
DuPratt holds a BS in Agricultural Economics and Business Management
from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from the University
of Southern California. He recently retired from a 38-year career at Ron
DuPratt Ford, a family auto business located in Dixon, California. He
joined his father in 1979 and worked in all phases of the business
including parts, body shop, service and sales. DuPratt became sales
manager in 1985 and Vice President and General Manager in 1994.
Mr. DuPratt has been a past member of the Dixon Downtown Revitalization
Committee and Downtown Dixon Business Association. He is past President
and Board Member of the Dixon Rotary Club, Past Chairman of the
Silveyville Cemetery District and past Board Member of the Dixon Chamber
of Commerce.
First Northern’s other Directors, and the year in which they joined the
Board are: Frank J. Andrews Jr. – 1993, Patrick R. Brady – 2012, John M.
Carbahal – 1996, Barbara Hayes – 2016, Foy S. McNaughton – 2000, Sean P.
Quinn – 2016, Mark Schulze – 2017, and Louise A. Walker – 2011.
About First Northern Bank
As the Sacramento Region’s local leader in small-business lending and
customer satisfaction, First Northern specializes in relationship
banking. Experts are available in small-business, commercial, real
estate and agribusiness lending, as well as mortgage loans. The Bank is
an SBA Preferred Lender. Non-FDIC insured Investment and Brokerage
Services are available at every branch location, through First Northern
Advisors, including: Auburn, Davis, Dixon, Fairfield, Roseville,
Sacramento, Vacaville, West Sacramento, Winters, and Woodland. The Bank
has a full-service Trust Department in Sacramento, a commercial lending
office in Walnut Creek and a mortgage loan office in Sonoma. Real estate
mortgage and small-business loan officers are available by appointment
in any of the Bank’s branches. First Northern is rated as a Veribanc
“Blue Ribbon” Bank and a “5-Star Superior” Bank by Bauer Financial, for
the earnings period of March 31, 2018 (www.veribanc.com
and www.bauerfinancial.com).
The Bank can be found on the Web at www.thatsmybank.com,
on Facebook
and on LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may include certain “forward-looking statements”
about First Northern Community Bancorp and its subsidiaries (the
“Company”). These forward-looking statements are based on management’s
current expectations, including but not limited to statements about
market conditions and current expectations about strategic focus and
competitive advantages, 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 and 10-Q, 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, and any reports on Form 8-K. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update any 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 Community Bancorp
Kimberly A. DeBra, 707-678-3041
EVP/Chief
Communications Officer
Source: First Northern Community Bancorp