First Financial Bancorp held its annual meeting of shareholders May 24, 2022, during which Gary Warzala was elected to a one-year term as a new member of the First Financial board of directors, effective immediately. Warzala is currently a security and risk management executive advisor with Gartner Inc. Before joining Gartner in 2019, he served as chief information security officer to Fifth Third Bank, PNC Bank, and Visa International. Warzala is a board member of the Economic Crime & Cybersecurity Institute of Utica College, and the INTERalliance of Cincinnati.

He also serves as an industry advisory board member for the University of Cincinnati. John T. Neighbours, a member of First Financial Bancorp's board of directors since August 2015, previously announced his retirement from the board, effective as of today's meeting.