On October 15, 2013, the Board of Directors of United Community Financial Corp. elected Zahid Afzal to serve as a director of UCFC and The Home Savings and Loan Company of Youngstown. Mr. Afzal has been appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Eugenia C. Atkinson for the term expiring in 2016.

Mr. Afzal is expected to be appointed to the Audit Committee and the Compliance and Risk Management Committee of the UCFC and Home Savings Boards of Directors. Most recently, Mr. Afzal was the Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Huntington National Bank.