December 16, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Park National Corp. (NYSE AMEX: PRK) announced the addition of Stephen Kambeitz and Timothy McLain to its board of directors and the board’s audit committee, effective January 01, 2010. Park director Nicholas Berning will resign from the board on December 31, 2009.

Timothy McLain, Certified Public Accountant, is vice president of McLain, Hill, Rugg & Associates, Inc., an accounting firm with offices in Newark, Zanesville, Lancaster, Logan and New Lexington. In April, 2007, he joined Century National Bank’s advisory board and its trust committee. Zanesville-based Century National Bank is a community banking division within Park.

Stephen Kambeitz is the former chief financial officer of State Savings Bank and is currently president and CFO of RC Olmstead, a software development company in Dublin, Ohio. In addition to joining Park’s board and serving as new chairman of its audit committee, Kambeitz will join the board of directors for Park’s Ohio banking subsidiary The Park National Bank.

Nicholas Berning joined Park’s board in November 2006 and recently chaired its audit committee. “It has truly been an honor and privilege to be on Park’s board and to lead the audit committee,” Berning said. “My retirement includes travel and extended relocations that will limit my availability, so I must pass the opportunity to someone who can provide more local service to the board. I have the greatest respect for the Park organization, its board and its management. I know the current leadership will continue to make Park one of the leading banks in the state of Ohio and the country. I will continue to support Park however I can in the future.”

Headquartered in Newark, Ohio, Park National Corp. holds $7.0 billion in total assets (as of September 30, 2009).

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