INDIANA, Pa., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- S&T Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: STBA), a full-service financial institution with branch locations in 10 Pennsylvania counties, is pleased to announce the promotion of several longtime employees to the following senior management roles:


    --  Ernie Draganza has been promoted to the position of senior executive
        vice president and chief risk officer. In this new position, Draganza
        will lead the bank's corporate governance efforts and enterprise risk
        management program.  He will also oversee the bank's independent audit,
        compliance and loan review functions.  Draganza holds a Bachelor of Arts
        in economics from The University of Pittsburgh.
    --  Steve Drahnak has been appointed executive vice president and commercial
        loan officer.  Drahnak will now be responsible for managing the
        production and operations of the commercial lending group. A graduate of
        Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Drahnak holds an MBA and a Bachelor
        of Science in accounting.
    --  Rich Fiscus has been named executive vice president and retail banking
        division manager.  In his new position, Fiscus will lead all of S&T
        Bank's retail branch offices and is responsible for all branch sales and
        services.  Fiscus holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Indiana
        University of Pennsylvania and is a CBA Graduate of the School of Bank
        Management.
    --  Becky Stapleton, SPHR, has been named executive vice president, director
        of human resources and employee communications. Stapleton's
        responsibilities include human resources strategy and policy
        development; employee communications and relations, staffing and
        succession planning; compensation and benefits design; and oversight of
        recruitment, training and development and performance management
        operations.  Stapleton earned a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana
        University in Bloomington, Indiana, and a Bachelor of Arts in government
        and public service from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
    --  Rob Werner has been promoted to executive vice president of bank
        operations and technology. Werner is now responsible for the bank's
        operations department, which includes deposit operations, loan
        operations, data processing, cash management operations and merchant
        support.  He will also oversee operations in the bank's technology
        department, including, IT support, network administration and
        information security.  Werner earned a Bachelor of Science in economics
        from The Pennsylvania State University and is a graduate of the ABA
        Stonier Graduate School of Banking.
    --  Greg Boyer has been named senior vice president and commercial loan
        officer.  In this new role, Boyer will be responsible for managing the
        business development and client retention efforts of the commercial and
        industrial lending division.  Boyer received an MBA and a Bachelor of
        Science in accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
    --  Sandy Loperfito has been appointed to senior vice president and
        treasurer.  In this role, she will be responsible for asset and
        liability management, funding and liquidity management, and capital
        management. Loperfito earned a Bachelor of Science in finance from
        Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
    --  M. Todd Miller has been appointed senior vice president, regional
        banking manager and market leader. In this role, Miller will be
        responsible for developing and managing market strategies, campaigns and
        promotions to grow the bank's northern market. Miller holds a Bachelor
        of Science in economics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In
        addition, he graduated with honors from the Pennsylvania Banker's
        Association's Central Atlantic Advanced School of Banking at Bucknell
        University.

"On behalf of the entire S&T Bank team, I congratulate these employees on their recent promotions, and thank them for their continued hard work and dedication to the bank," said Todd D. Brice, president and chief executive officer of S&T Bank. "I wish them all continued success in their new roles."

For more information about S&T Bank, please visit www.stbank.com or call 800.325.BANK.

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About S&T Bancorp, Inc.

Headquartered in Indiana, PA, S&T Bancorp, Inc. operates offices within Allegheny, Armstrong, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland counties. With assets of $4.1 billion, S&T Bancorp, Inc. stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol STBA. For more information, visit www.stbank.com.

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