On October 30, 2023, First Northern Community Bancorp announced that Joe Danelson, who joined the Company in 2015 and has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Company since January 2015, has decided to retire, effective March 31, 2024. A search committee has been formed to identify a successor. Joe joined First Northern Bank in January of 2015 and he has been instrumental in his leadership role in growing the Company from $540 million in total loans to over $1 billion today.

Joe has had a distinguished 42-year banking career working for both large and small banks. His broad experience, credit expertise and business acumen will be deeply missed. In the 10 years Joe has been with the Bank, he has transformed the credit culture to help First Northern reach even new heights.

Joe?s impact will continue to accrue benefits well into the future.