First Financial Northwest, Inc, its financial institution subsidiary, First Financial Northwest Bank ("Bank"), and its non-financial institution subsidiary, First Financial Diversified Corporation ("FFD"), announced the retirement of Director Gary F. Kohlwes from each of their Boards of Directors. Under a joint mandatory retirement policy of the Company, the Bank and FFD, which provides that no director shall serve after reaching 75 years of age, Dr. Kohlwes reached the mandatory retirement age and retired effective as of the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders ("Annual Meeting") on June 14, 2017.