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William J. Small is Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer of First Defiance Financial Corp. the parent company of First Federal Bank and First Insurance & Investments in Defiance Ohio. First Defiance is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the trading symbol: FDEF.
Mr. Small first became affiliated with the thrift business in 1978 when he joined First Federal Bank as an assistant branch manager. He was promoted to company vice president and transferred to the main office in 1979. He served in this position until 1987 when he assumed the role of president and chief executive officer of the Hicksville Building Loan and Savings Company. In 1994 he returned to First Federal Bank as senior vice president. He was appointed president and chief operating officer in 1996 and chairman and chief executive officer First Federal Bank and president chairman and chief executive officer of First Defiance Financial Corp. in January 1999. Prior to 1978 Bill was affiliated with the Napoleon Products Company of Napoleon Ohio and Siena Heights College of Adrian Michigan.
Mr. Small served on the Federal Reserve Board's Thrift Advisory Committee from 2002 through 2004 serving as its chairman in 2004. He is on the Board of America’s Community Bankers and is past chairman of The Ohio League of Financial Institutions and Ohio Bankers League. An active citizen in his community he is past president and board member of the Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce the Defiance City Schools Foundation and the Defiance Area YMCA. He is a trustee of The Defiance College and he is a member of the Defiance Rotary Club Kettenring Country Club and St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.
Currently residing in Defiance Bill attended the University of Notre Dame and graduated with his bachelor’s degree in sociology and business administration from Siena Heights College in Adrian Michigan in 1973. He and his wife Kathy are the parents of three children. | 