The Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank and its Holding Company, JTNB Bancorp Inc., recently announced the appointment of Joseph T. Svetik to its board of directors.

JTNB CEO and President Craig A. Zurn said he is excited about the vast experience and opportunities that Svetik will be able to bring to the bank. Zurn said Svetik "brings more than 40 years of various managerial and leadership experience and adds a wealth of regulatory and banking knowledge to our community bank."Svetik is a certified public accountant, and his former careers include chairman and CEO and president of First Star Bank in Bethlehem, senior field examiner with the New Jersey Department of Banking, and senior field examiner with the Federal Home Loan Bank, Third District.Svetik said he looks forward to linking up with a true community bank that not only cares about its customers but successfully competes with the best financial institutions. He said he looks forward to helping in any way he can to increase loan volume and build relationships with many of his former Lehigh Valley customers who have become dismayed with the "big bank experience."Svetik, a native of Jim Thorpe, is a graduate of Marian High School and Penn State University. He is married to the former Rosemarie Friel of Jim Thorpe. They have a daughter, Heather Ann, married to David Weber, and three grandchildren, Nathan, Autumn Rose, and Savannah Heather.