On February 4, 2013, Westfield Financial Inc. announced the election of Kevin M. Sweeney and Christos A. Tapases as directors to the company's board of directors. At the time of their election, the board had not decided on which of the board's standing committees Messrs. Sweeney and Tapases would serve, if any.

On February 26, 2013, the board voted to appoint Mr. Sweeney to the board's compensation committee and the nominating & corporate governance committee, and Mr. Tapases to the board's audit committee.