Banking
Citizens Financial Services Executive Compensation (FY25)
CZFS · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): April 22, 2026
131 figures on this page: 126 cited to the filing that reported them, 5 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for Randall Black, CEO & President of the Company and Bank, came to $1,212,643 in fiscal 2025, and Black's total moved 42.1% higher from the $853,606 reported for fiscal 2024. For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 82.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 21, 2026. The disclosed peer group includes ACNB Corporation, Arrow Financial Corporation, Chemung Financial Corporation, Citizens & Northern Corporation and ENB Financial Corp., among others. For fiscal 2025, the company reported 5 named executive officers.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Randall Black: $853,606 → $1,212,643 (42.1% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 88.8% → 82.6% (6.2 points lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Citizens Financial Services' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Randall Black, CEO & President of the Company and Bank, came to $1,212,643 in fiscal 2025. Black's total moved 42.1% higher from the $853,606 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Citizens Financial Services' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 82.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 21, 2026.
Which companies are in Citizens Financial Services' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes ACNB Corporation, Arrow Financial Corporation, Chemung Financial Corporation, Citizens & Northern Corporation and ENB Financial Corp., among others.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randall Black CEO & President of the Company and Bank | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
David Richards Senior Executive Vice President, Director of Emerging Markets | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randall Black CEO & President of the Company and Bank | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
David Richards Senior Executive Vice President, Director of Emerging Markets | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jeffrey Wilson Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randall Black CEO & President of the Company and Bank | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
David Richards, Jr. Senior Executive Vice President, Director of Emerging Markets | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jeffrey Wilson Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Jeffrey White Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Stephen Guillaume Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer of the Company and Bank | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randall E. Black | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Stephen J. Guillaume | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey White | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Stephen Guillaume | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Joseph Landy Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Terry B. Osborne | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Robert W. Chappell | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Rinaldo A. DePaola Lead independent director | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Thomas E. Freeman | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Roger C. Graham, Jr | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
John P. Painter II | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Christopher W. Kunes | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Janie M. Hilfiger | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mickey L. Jones | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
David Z. Richards, Jr, Joseph B. Bower, Jr and Randall E. Black served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Board meeting fee | ◇ |
| Committee meeting fee | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- ACNB Corporation ACNB
- Arrow Financial Corporation AROW
- Chemung Financial Corporation CHMG
- Citizens & Northern Corporation CZNC
- ENB Financial Corp. ENBP
- Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. FDBC
- First Bank symbol not shown
- Franklin Financial Services Corporation FRAF
- Meridian Corporation MRBK
- Norwood Financial Corp. NWFL
- Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. ORRF
- Peoples Financial Services Corp. PFIS
- Ponce Financial Group, Inc. PDLB
- QNB Corp. QNBC
- Unity Bancorp, Inc. UNTY
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | April 21, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | April 15, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | April 16, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | April 20, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | April 17, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Citizens Financial Services disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Citizens Financial Services sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
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131 figures on this page: 126 cited to the filing that reported them, 5 calculated from figures it prints.
126 cited to the filing
5 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0000739421-26-000024Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-26-009104Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards During 2025 · Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2025 · Summary Compensation Table
- 0000739421-25-000038Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000739421-25-000019Summary Compensation Table
- 0000739421-24-000025
- 0000739421-24-000011Summary Compensation Table
- 0000739421-21-000017
- 0000739421-18-000023
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Peers Citizens Financial Services discloses
The companies named in CZFS's own disclosed peer group.
ACNB CorporationArrow Financial CorporationChemung Financial CorporationCitizens & Northern CorporationENB Financial Corp.Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.Franklin Financial Services CorporationNorwood Financial Corp.Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.Peoples Financial Services Corp.Ponce Financial Group, Inc.QNB Corp.Unity Bancorp, Inc.
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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}