Defiance, Oh., USA - April 22, 2010, Defiance, Oh., USA - First Defiance Financial Corp. re-elected four directors: John L. Bookmyer, Peter A. Diehl, Stephen L. Boomer, and William J. Small.
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Mr. Bookmyer is the Chief Executive Office of Paine Management Group in Findlay, Ohio. Mr. Bookmyer also is a Certified Public Accountant. He was appointed to the board in February, 2005. He is a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.
Mr. Diehl has been a Director of First Defiance since 1998. Mr. Diehl is a retired business owner. He is member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Long Range Planning Committee.
Mr. Boomer is President of Arps Dairy, Inc., a processor and distributor of dairy products located in Defiance, Ohio. Mr. Boomer joined the First Defiance board in 1994. He was appointed to Vice Chairman of the board in January 2006. He is member of Executive Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Corporate Governance Committee, Trust Committee and First Insurance & Investments Board.
Mr. Small first became affiliated with the thrift business in 1978 when he joined First Federal Bank as an assistant branch manager. He was promoted to company vice president and transferred to the main office in 1979. He served in this position until 1987 when he assumed the role of president and chief executive officer of the Hicksville Building, Loan and Savings Company.
In 1994, he returned to First Federal Bank as senior vice president. He was appointed president and chief operating officer in 1996 and chairman and chief executive officer, First Federal Bank and president, chairman and chief executive officer of First Defiance Financial Corp. in January, 1999. Prior to 1978, Bill was affiliated with the Napoleon Products Company of Napoleon, Ohio.
Mr. Small served on the Federal Reserve Board's Thrift Advisory Committee from 2002 through 2004, serving as its chairman in 2004. He is on the Board of the America Bankers Association, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati and is past chairman of The Ohio League of Financial Institutions and Ohio Bankers League. He is president of the Defiance Area Foundation, past president and board member of the Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce. ■