First Northern Community Bancorp : Ryan Pyne Joins First Northern Bank as Vice President/ Commercial Loan Officer Serving the Sacramento Region

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Kimberly A. DeBra January 26, 2017

EVP/Corporate Communications FIRST NORTHERN BANK

P.O. Box 547 Dixon, California [phone]

Ryan Pyne Joins First Northern Bank as Vice President/ Commercial Loan Officer Serving the Sacramento Region Dixon, Calif.- Don Delach, Senior Vice President/Capital Region Commercial Loan Team Leader, is pleased to announce that Ryan Pyne has joined the commercial loan team of First Northern Bank as Vice President/Commercial Loan Officer.

First Northern Bank, the Sacramento Region's local leader in small business lending and customer satisfaction, underwrites and funds a full range of business lines of credit, equipment loans and leases, owner and investor commercial real estate loans, construction loans, Commercial & Industrial loans, SBA 504 and 7A loans, letters of credit, and business acquisition loans throughout the greater Sacramento and East Bay Area Regions.

Ryan Pyne

Vice President Commercial Loan Officer

Ryan brings 14 years of commercial and industrial lending, and commercial real estate lending experience to First Northern Bank. Prior to joining First Northern, he served as Vice President, Relationship Manager for River City Bank in Sacramento, and Bank of Marin in the East Bay.

Ryan received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California.

In his spare time, Ryan enjoys volunteering with the Development Committee of the United Cerebral Palsy of the North Bay Organization, and many other non-profits that assist children with autism. He lives in Rocklin, California with his wife and two daughters, and enjoys playing recreational basketball.

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First Northern Community Bancorp & First Northern Bank January 26, 2017

The Capital Region Commercial Lending Team of First Northern Bank is located at 1375 Exposition Blvd. Suite #101, Sacramento, CA 95815. The office is open Monday - Friday, 9 a.m.

- 5 p.m. Ryan may be reached at [phone], or [e-mail] .

About First Northern Bank

As the Sacramento Region's local leader in small-business lending and customer satisfaction, First Northern specializes in relationship banking. Experts are available in small-business, commercial, real estate and agribusiness lending, as well as mortgage lending. The Bank is an SBA Preferred Lender. Non-FDIC insured Investment and Brokerage Services are available at every branch location, including: Auburn, Davis, Dixon, Fairfield, Roseville, Sacramento, Vacaville, West Sacramento, Winters, and Woodland. The Bank has a full-service Trust Department in Sacramento and a commercial lending office in Walnut Creek. Real estate mortgage and small-business loan officers are available by appointment in any of the Bank's branches. First Northern is rated as a Veribanc "Blue Ribbon" Bank for the earnings period of September 30, 2016 (www.veribanc.com). The Bank can be found on the Web at www.thatsmybank.com, on Facebook and on LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may include certain "forward-looking statements" about First Northern Community Bancorp (the "Company"). These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors. More detailed information about these risk factors is contained in the Company's most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, each as it may be amended from time to time, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The financial information contained in this release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which they are made. For further information regarding the Company, please read the Company's reports filed with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov.

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