UCFC promotes Esson

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

United Community Financial Corp., holding company of The Home Savings and Loan Co. of Youngstown, on Monday promoted Timothy W. Esson to chief financial officer of UCFC and executive vice president of Home Savings.

Esson has been with Home Savings since May 2003.

Most recently, he was appointed principal accounting officer and treasurer of UCFC in April 2014.

“Appointing Tim as the principal accounting officer and treasurer of UCFC provided a smooth transition for us, and Tim has done a tremendous job in this role,” said Gary M. Small, president and CEO of UCFC and Home Savings. “Tim’s 35 years of accounting and finance experience in the financial-services industry represent a valuable asset to our organization, and we look forward to Tim playing an important role in the future success of the company.”

Esson served as the senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Home Savings since March 2011. Before then, Esson was vice president of finance of Home Savings.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of UCFC, Home Savings operates 32 full-service banking offices and nine loan-production offices throughout Ohio and western Pennsylvania.