April 5, 2010 (FinancialWire) — First Franklin Corp. (NASDAQ: FFHS) has named Jack Kuntz to replace Tom Siemers as the chairman, president and CEO of First Franklin Corp. and chairman of Franklin Savings and Loan Co.

Gretchen Schmidt, president and CEO of Franklin Savings and Loan company, will continue in her current leadership role.

Kuntz has served on the board of the Franklin Savings and Loan since 2003 and has served on the board of First Franklin Corp. since 2006. For 22 years, he was with Intrieve, a provider of technology services to U.S. financial institutions. He served as president and CEO from 2000 to 2005.

In 2005, Kuntz negotiated the sale of Intrieve to Harland Financial Solutions.

Since the sale of Intrieve in 2005, Kuntz has provided management advisory services and merger and acquisition consulting to local businesses.

Ohio-based First Franklin is a savings and loan holding company that owns all of the outstanding common stock of The Franklin Savings and Loan Co.

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