---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000943374-22-000151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PBHC"
cik: "0001609065"
company_name: "Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T06:31:54.248812+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pathfinder Bancorp CEO Thomas W. Schneider resigns; James A. Dowd named Interim President and CEO

## Summary
- Schneider stepped down as President, CEO and director on April 14, 2022, citing health issues and personal loss.
- James A. Dowd, former EVP and COO, appointed Interim President and CEO effective immediately.
- Schneider transitions to Director of Capital Markets and Corporate Strategy under a 2-year employment agreement at $360,000 annual salary plus $100,000 one-time bonus.
- Dowd has 28 years with Pathfinder; as COO overseeing branch operations, deposits increased 73% over 5 years.
- Company total assets grew from $216M in 1999 to $1.3B as of Dec 2021 under Schneider's leadership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-22-000151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PBHC
- cik: 0001609065
- company_name: Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609065/000094337422000151/0000943374-22-000151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609065/000094337422000151/form8k_041422.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-22-000151
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-22-000151.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-22-000151.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas W. Schneider resigned as Director of Capital Markets and Corporate Strategy at Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director of Capital Markets and Corporate Strategy
  source text: On April 14, 2022, Thomas W. Schneider resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and its bank subsidiary, Pathfinder Bank (the “Bank”). Mr. Schneider will assume the new position of Director of Capital Markets and Corporate Strategy of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609065/000094337422000151/0000943374-22-000151-index.htm
- Executive change
  James A. Dowd was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 14, 2022, the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank appointed James A. Dowd as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609065/000094337422000151/0000943374-22-000151-index.htm

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