MUNSTER, IN – September 14, 2011 - Citizens Financial Bank is proud to announce that Thomas F. Prisby, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has been named one of the leading CEOs in Northwest Indiana. Mr. Prisby has been very active as a community leader, often assisting schools, churches, medical facilities and after school programs in need of financial support, operational direction, or business perspective.

 

Seventeen leading Northwest Indiana CEOs, one CFO, and community leaders for 2011 have been named according to results of the latest reader survey. Nominations were sought from Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly magazine business readers and peers.

 

“The region’s best business and community leaders were selected based on their leadership success, business acumen and involvement in the community,” says Glee Renick-May, owner and publisher of May Communications LLC.

 

On July 24, 1998, Citizens formed a Holding Company, CFS Bancorp, Inc., the company converted from a mutual thrift to a publicly traded NASDAQ corporation.

 

Mr. Prisby is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Holding Company and the Bank. He also serves as the Chairman of the Citizens Savings Foundation ($2,000,000 asset organization formed in 1998 to support housing, education, and community initiatives).

 

Citizens Financial Bank, a $1.1 billion asset federal savings bank, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFS Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CITZ) Citizens Financial is a 77 year old independent bank focusing its people, products, and services on helping individuals, businesses, and communities be successful.  Headquartered in Munster, IN, the Bank has grown to 22 Banking Centers throughout adjoining markets in Chicago's Southland and Northwest Indiana. Our website can be found at www.mybankcitizens.com