Farmers Promotes Shaffer to Chief Credit Officer

CANFIELD, Ohio – Farmers National Bank has promoted Timothy Shaffer to chief credit officer.

In his new role, Shaffer will oversee Farmers’ lending departments, while also guiding credit-making decisions, product development and credit quality supervision.

“Tim remains an incredible asset to our executive team and has helped Farmers achieve record growth over the last few years,” said Farmers President and CEO Kevin Helmick in a statement. “His years of experience in commercial banking along with his reputation in the business community helped us create a model where we deliver needed capital to our local business communities while preserving our strong credit quality.”

Shaffer joined Farmers National Bank in 2011 as commercial lending team leader and was later chief lending officer and regional president. He has served as a vice president since joining the bank.

Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.