United Community Financial Corp. announced the hiring of Douglas Young as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and the promotion of Barbara Radis to Executive Vice President of Retail Banking. Doug Young has over 20 years in the financial services industry as a diversified information technology manager and leader.

During his 20 plus years in financial services, Doug has had extensive experience at several super regional banks such as Key Bank, National City Bank (kna PNC) and most recently as Executive Director, Global Technology Infrastructure for JPMorgan Chase. Barb Radis was recently promoted to Executive Vice President, Retail Banking. Radis joined the bank in October 2010 and will continue to lead a sales and operations team of over 300 employees, which includes consumer banking, investments and treasury management.

She is also the chair of the Deposit Pricing Committee and a member on the IT Steering, Officers Risk, ALCO and Charitable Foundation Committees. Prior to her arrival, Barb spent much of her career at super regional banks in Northeast, Ohio.