LCNB Corp. announced that Matthew P. Layer, EVP and Chief Lending Officer, will retire from the Company effective September 30, 2024. As part of the Company?s established succession plan, Jeff D. Meeker, LCNB?s current SVP and Chief Credit Officer, will assume the role of EVP and Chief Lending Officer at September 30, 2024.

Meeker joined LCNB in 2013 through the acquisition of Citizens National Bank, and he has 38 years of banking experience. Since September 2021, Meeker has served as LCNB?s Senior Vice President & Chief Credit Officer overseeing the Bank?s commercial, residential, consumer and agricultural lending areas. In January 2021, he was appointed LCNB?s Head of Loan Operations.

Prior to 2021, Meeker held additional positions of increasing responsibility in the Bank?s lending areas. Prior to joining LCNB, Meeker was the CFO of the Citizens National Bank of Chillicothe and was the CEO and President of Clarksburg National Bank. Meeker is a graduate of Wilmington College (Ohio).