On February 9, 2015, Citizens & Northern Corporation announced the employment of J. Bradley Scovill as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Citizens & Northern Bank, effective as of March 2, 2015. The company also announced that the Board of Directors would act to appoint Mr. Scovill as a Class III Director of the company and as a Director of the Bank at its next board meeting scheduled for February 26, 2015. It is also expected that Mr. Scovill will be appointed to the Executive Committee of the Company and Bank Board, to the Asset Liability Committee of the Company Board and to the Trust Investment Committee and the Finance and Loan Committee of the Bank Board.

Prior to his employment with the Company and the Bank, Mr. Scovill most recently served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Kish Bank headquartered in Belleville, Pennsylvania.