United Community Financial Corp. announced that Patrick W. Bevack, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Community and Home Savings, will retire on March 31, 2014. Mr. Bevack will remain on the Board of Directors of both United Community and Home Savings, and the Board has retained Mr. Bevack as an advisor for two years.

Mr. Small joins UCFC and Home Savings as its President and CEO. Small most recently served as Senior Executive Vice President- Chief Banking Officer for S&T Bank in Indiana, Pennsylvania, with responsibility for their Wealth Management, Retail Banking and Insurance business groups. As previously disclosed, Richard J. Buoncore, whose three year term as a director of United Community and Home Savings expires this year, has notified the Boards of United Community and Home Savings that he will not sit for reelection at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and he will resign from the Boards following the close of business on March 25, 2014.

Small will be appointed by the Board to fill the vacancy created by Buoncore's resignation.