---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001449794-22-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMYB"
cik: "0001449794"
company_name: "Embassy Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:56:44.011224+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Embassy Bancorp SVP James Bartholomew to retire Dec 31, 2022

## Summary
- James R. Bartholomew, Senior Executive VP, will retire from the Company and as Senior Lending Officer effective Dec 31, 2022.
- He joined Embassy Bank at its inception in 2001 and oversaw loan portfolio growth to $1.1B as of March 31, 2022.
- Retirement is not related to any disagreement with Company operations, policies, or practices.
- No successor named; Bartholomew began his banking career in 1974.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001449794-22-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMYB
- cik: 0001449794
- company_name: Embassy Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1449794/000144979422000022/0001449794-22-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1449794/000144979422000022/emyb-20220617x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001449794-22-000022
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001449794-22-000022.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001449794-22-000022.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James R. Bartholomew departed as Senior Executive Vice President and Senior Lending Officer at Embassy Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President and Senior Lending Officer
  source text: On June 17, 2022, James R. Bartholomew, Senior Executive Vice President of Embassy Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly-owned banking subsidiary Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley (collectively the “Company”), informed the Company that he intends to retire effective December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1449794/000144979422000022/0001449794-22-000022-index.htm

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