Exhibit 99.1
Press Release |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
| Contact: Lynda L. Glass |
ACNB CORPORATION ELECTS
NEW CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN
GETTYSBURG, PA, April 22—Frank “Rusty” Elsner, III and Alan J. Stock have been elected Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively, of the Board of Directors of ACNB Corporation in preparing for the retirement of long-time ACNB Corporation Chairman Ronald L. Hankey.
“We welcome Directors Elsner and Stock to the positions of Chairman and Vice Chairman,” said Thomas A. Ritter, President and CEO of ACNB Corporation and ACNB Bank. “They understand and appreciate our company’s history of independence, and will continue to maintain the necessary balance between growth initiatives and risk management practices.”
Mr. Ritter continued, “We are most grateful for Chairman Hankey’s dedicated service, which has spanned 56 years. His influence has not just benefited ACNB Corporation and ACNB Bank, but also the communities that we serve.”
Mr. Elsner joined the Boards of Directors of both ACNB Corporation and ACNB Bank in 2002, and was most recently Vice Chairman of both Boards of Directors. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Russell Insurance Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACNB Corporation, since 2012. Mr. Elsner is retired from Elsner Engineering Works, Inc., an engineering and manufacturing company located in Hanover, PA, where he last served in the capacity of President, Chief Executive Officer & Treasurer. Active in the community, Mr. Elsner is currently the chairman
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of the board of directors of Hanover Area Junior Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc. and serves his church, the First United Methodist Church in Hanover. He is also a member of the board of directors of the World Trade Center in Harrisburg. Mr. Elsner and his wife, Grace, reside in Hanover.
Mr. Stock has been a member of the Boards of Directors of both ACNB Corporation and ACNB Bank since 2005. He is the owner of Eicholtz Company, an office equipment and furniture dealership located in New Oxford, PA. Mr. Stock is involved in the local community as chairman of the board of directors of Hanover Hospital, as well as is a member of the HACC Gettysburg Campus Advisory Committee. He and his wife, Elizabeth, reside in Hanover.
ACNB Corporation, headquartered in Gettysburg, PA, is the financial holding company for the wholly-owned subsidiaries of ACNB Bank, Gettysburg, PA, and Russell Insurance Group, Inc., Westminster, MD. Originally founded in 1857, ACNB Bank serves its marketplace via a network of 19 retail banking offices located throughout Adams County, PA, as well as in Dillsburg, Hanover and Spring Grove, York County, PA, and in Newville, Cumberland County, PA. In addition, the Bank operates loan offices in Hanover, York County, and Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA. Russell Insurance Group, Inc. offers a broad range of commercial and personal insurance lines with licenses in 35 states, including Pennsylvania and Maryland, through offices in Westminster, Carroll County, and Germantown, Montgomery County, MD. On March 31, 2013, total assets of ACNB Corporation were $1.04 billion.
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ACNB #2013-05
April 22, 2013