First Northern Community Bancorp : First Northern Bank Promotes Alysia Corell to Vice President/Senior Trust Officer

PRESS RELEASE

F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E

Contact: Kimberly A. DeBra January 23, 2012

EVP/Corporate Communications

FIRST NORTHERN BANK P.O. Box 547

Dixon, California

[phone]

First Northern Bank Promotes Alysia Corell to

Vice President/Senior Trust Officer

Alysia Corell

VP/Senior Trust Officer

First Northern Bank

First Northern Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Alysia Corell to Vice President/Senior Trust Officer, in recognition of the skilled and thoughtful estate planning she provides to the Bank's Asset Management & Trust clients.
She is responsible for day-to-day administration of a wide range of trust accounts, including revocable and irrevocable living trusts, charitable remainder trusts, business trusts, special needs trusts, probates, conservatorships and escrow accounts.
Alysia holds a B.A. in Communications from San Diego State University; she joined First Northern Bank 12 years ago. In 2008, she successfully completed rigorous coursework at the Cannon Financial Institute at Pepperdine University, and earned the credential of Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CFTA). Alysia is a member of the Sacramento Estate Planning Council, where she currently serves on the Board of Directors.
She and her husband Josh call Sacramento home, where they are raising their young daughter.
First Northern Bank, a 102-year-old independent community bank, offers the only locally headquartered Trust Department in the Sacramento region. Alysia's office is located in the Bank's Asset Management & Trust Department at 1007 7th Street in Sacramento.
She may be reached at [phone].

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First Northern Community Bancorp & First Northern Bank January 23, 2012

About First Northern Bank

First Northern Bank, an independent community bank headquartered in Solano

County since 1910, serves Solano, Yolo, Sacramento, Placer and the west slope of El Dorado County. First Northern has 11 branches located in Dixon, Davis, West Sacramento, Fairfield, Vacaville (2), Winters, Woodland, Downtown Sacramento, Roseville, and Auburn, and has a full service Trust Department in Sacramento. First Northern Bank also offers 24/7 real estate mortgage loans, SBA Loans, and non- FDIC insured Investment and Brokerage Services at each branch location. Real Estate Mortgage Loan offices are located in Davis, Roseville and Folsom, and real estate loan representatives are available to meet customers at any of the Bank's branches by appointment. The Bank specializes in relationship banking and employs experts in the area of small business, commercial, agribusiness, and real estate lending, as well as wealth management, and is rated as a "Superior" 5-Star Bank by BauerFinancial Inc. (www.bauerfinancial.com). The Bank can be found on the Web

at www.thatsmybank.comand on Facebook.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may include certain "forward-looking statements" about First Northern Community Bancorp (the "Company"). These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors. More detailed information about these risk factors is contained in the Company's most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, each as it may be amended from time to time, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The financial information contained in this release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which they are made. For further information regarding the Company, please read the Company's reports filed with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov.

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