---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000739421-23-000060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CZFS"
cik: "0000739421"
company_name: "CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T08:57:01.326941+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Robert J. Marino resigns from board and bank officer roles effective Sept 5

## Summary
- Marino resigned from board of directors and as Chief Revenue Officer and Senior EVP of First Citizens Community Bank.
- Resignation effective September 5, 2023, for personal reasons; no disagreement with company.
- Board size reduced from 13 to 12 directors upon his departure.
- Marino's departure not related to any operational, policy, or practice disagreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000739421-23-000060
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CZFS
- cik: 0000739421
- company_name: CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942123000060/0000739421-23-000060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942123000060/marinoresignation.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000739421-23-000060
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000739421-23-000060.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000739421-23-000060.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert J. Marino resigned as Director at CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 15, 2023, Robert J. Marino, a member of the Board of Directors of Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors for personal reasons, effective September 5, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942123000060/0000739421-23-000060-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert J. Marino resigned as Chief Revenue Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank at CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Revenue Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank
  source text: In addition to resigning from the Board of Directors of the Company, Mr. Marino resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company’s subsidiary bank, First Citizens Community Bank (the “Bank”), and from his position as Chief Revenue Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank, effective September 5, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942123000060/0000739421-23-000060-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.