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William J. Small Named to Federal Reserve Board's Thrift Institutions Advisory Council

January 9th, 2002

DEFIANCE, OHIO (January 8, 2002) - William J. Small, Chairman, President and CEO of First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: FDEF) is one of four banking executives recently appointed to the Federal Reserve Board's Thrift Institutions Advisory Council. Mr. Small's two-year term began January 1, 2002. First Defiance Financial Corp. is the parent company of First Federal Bank and First Insurance & Investments in Defiance, Ohio and The Leader Mortgage Company in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Council is an advisory group made up of 12 representatives from thrift institutions around the country. The panel was established by the Federal Reserve Board in 1980 and includes savings and loans, savings banks and credit union representatives. The Council meets three times each year with the Board of Governors to discuss developments relating to thrift institutions, the housing industry, mortgage finance and certain regulatory issues.

Mr. Small has more than 20 years of thrift banking experience in Northwest Ohio, most of which has been with First Federal Bank and its parent holding company. He is a member and immediate Past Chairman of The Ohio League of Financial Institutions; Past President and a former board member of the Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce; Past President and a current member of the Defiance City Schools Foundation; and currently serves on the boards of directors for Defiance College, the Defiance Area YMCA and the Defiance Rotary Club. Mr. Small has worked on several community-oriented capital campaigns, including campaigns for the Defiance YMCA and Defiance College.

About First Defiance First Defiance Financial Corp. is the holding company for First Federal Bank of the Midwest and First Insurance and Investments, Defiance OH and The Leader Mortgage Company, Cleveland OH. First Federal is a community Savings Bank serving the northwestern corner of Ohio, where it currently operates 14 full service branches. First Insurance and Investments is the largest property and casualty insurance agency in the Defiance, Ohio area and it also specializes in life and group health insurance. The Leader Mortgage Company is a mortgage banking company that services over 136,000 loans with balances totaling nearly $9.0 billion. The Leader specializes in servicing loans issued under various first-time homebuyer programs sponsored by state, county or municipal governmental units.

 

 
 
 

 

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