---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-066629"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASRV"
cik: "0000707605"
company_name: "AMERISERV FINANCIAL INC /PA/"
filed_at: "2026-05-27T13:00:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T13:01:43.523577+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AmeriServ restructures CFO role after EVP Lynch retires; CEO Stopko adds CFO duties

## Summary
- Michael Lynch retired May 18, 2026; previously EVP, CFO, CRO, CIO.
- Bettina Fochler named CRO; continues as SVP & Chief Credit Officer.
- Tammie Slavick becomes SVP & CIO; previously VP for liquidity and IRR management.
- President & CEO Jeffrey Stopko assumes CFO duties; held CFO role before becoming CEO in 2015.
- Restructuring expected to generate cost savings and improve efficiency.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-066629
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASRV
- cik: 0000707605
- company_name: AMERISERV FINANCIAL INC /PA/
- filed_at: 2026-05-27T13:00:33+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/707605/000110465926066629/0001104659-26-066629-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/707605/000110465926066629/tm2615681d1_8k.htm

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