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First Bank Executive Compensation (FY25)

FRBA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Patrick Ryan
Median of the other named officers
$637,484
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
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Who is First Bank's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Patrick Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $1,543,299 in fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in First Bank's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names ACNB Corp., Arrow Financial Corporation, BCB Bancorp, Inc., Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. and Chemung Financial Corporation, among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Patrick Ryan
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
John Shepardson
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Peter Cahill
Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Andrew Hibshman
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Darleen Gillespie
Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Banking Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christopher Ewing
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇———◇——◇
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.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Leslie E. Goodman
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Glenn M. Josephs
◇◇————◇
Douglas C. Borden
◇◇————◇
Deborah Paige Hanson
◇◇————◇
Neha Shah
◇◇————◇
Scott R. Gamble
◇—————◇
Michael E. Salz
◇◇————◇
Zaid Alsikafi
◇◇————◇
Andrew Fish
◇◇————◇
Patrick M. Ryan
◇—————◇
Patrick L. Ryan 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.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • ACNB Corp. ACNB
  • Arrow Financial Corporation AROW
  • BCB Bancorp, Inc. BCBP
  • Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. BHRB
  • Chemung Financial Corporation CHMG
  • Citizens & Northern Corp. CZNC
  • Citizens Financial Services CZFS
  • CNB Financial Corporation CCNE
  • Fidelity D & D Bancorp Inc. FDBC
  • Financial Institutions Inc. FISI
  • First of Long Island Corp. FLIC
  • Kearny Financial Corp. KRNY
  • Mid Penn Bancorp Inc. MPB
  • Northfield Bancorp NFBK
  • Orange County Bancorp Inc. OBT
  • Orrstown Financial Services ORRF
  • Peapack-Gladstone Financial PGC
  • Peoples Financial Services Corp. PFIS
  • Primis Financial Corp FRST
  • Shore Bancshares Inc. SHBI
  • Tompkins Financial Corporation TMP
  • TrustCo Bank Corp NY TRST
  • Unity Bancorp Inc. UNTY
  • Univest Financial Corp. UVSP

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Peers First Bank discloses

The companies named in FRBA's own disclosed peer group.

ACNB Corp.Arrow Financial CorporationBCB Bancorp, Inc.Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.Chemung Financial CorporationCitizens & Northern Corp.Citizens Financial ServicesCNB Financial CorporationFidelity D & D Bancorp Inc.Financial Institutions Inc.First of Long Island Corp.Kearny Financial Corp.Mid Penn Bancorp Inc.Northfield BancorpOrange County Bancorp Inc.Orrstown Financial ServicesPeapack-Gladstone FinancialPeoples Financial Services Corp.Primis Financial CorpShore Bancshares Inc.Tompkins Financial CorporationTrustCo Bank Corp NYUnity Bancorp Inc.Univest Financial Corp.

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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}
}
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