Brown reappointed to Fed board

First Financial Bank President and CEO Archie Brown has been reappointed to the board of directors of the Cincinnati Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland for a three-year term. His reappointment, by the Cleveland Fed's Board of Directors, comes after his initial three-year term concluded on Dec. 31.

The Cleveland Fed is one of the 12 banks of the Federal Reserve System. Its Cincinnati branch serves the Cleveland Fed's stakeholders in southern Ohio and Eastern Kentucky.

Brown has been president and CEO of First Financial Bancorp and First Financial Bank since April 2018, after serving previously as the president, CEO and chairman of the board of MainSource Financial Group. During his more than 40 years of banking, he has held management positions in branch management, region management, bank operations (both deposit and loan), business development, small business and consumer lending.

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