Citizens First Corporation Names M. Todd Kanipe President & CEO

BOWLING GREEN, Ky., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Citizens First
Corporation (Nasdaq: CZFC), the parent company of Citizens First Bank, Inc. of
Bowling Green, has appointed M. Todd Kanipe President and Chief Executive
Officer. Kanipe, 41, served as the company's and the bank's interim President
and CEO since April 22.

Kanipe has over 17 years of banking experience. He joined Citizens First in
1999 as Vice President and Trust Relationship Manager. In 2004, he was named
Executive Vice President, Credit Administration of the company and the bank.
Kanipe also served as Executive Vice President, Finance from January 2008 to
September 2008. Prior to joining Citizens First, Kanipe was a Senior
Relationship Manager with Trans Financial Bank.

Jack Sheidler, Chairman of the Citizens First Board of Directors, said, "After
a thorough search, the Board has chosen Todd to lead Citizens First and to
work with the Board of Directors on properly positioning the company to thrive
in the months ahead. Todd has the experience, the vision and the energy to be
a great leader for the company. I am confident that Citizens First
Corporation and Citizens First Bank will grow and thrive under his
leadership."

Kanipe is a graduate of Western Kentucky University where he earned a BS in
Finance and a minor in Economics. He is a graduate of the Cannon Personal
Trust School and the Kentucky Schools of Banking and Commercial Lending.

Citizens First Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Bowling
Green, Kentucky and established in 1999. The company currently has eleven
offices located in Barren, Hart, Simpson and Warren Counties in Kentucky.

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based upon the
company's current expectations, but are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Our actual
results may vary materially from those described in any "forward-looking
statement" due to, among other possible reasons, the realization of any one or
more of the risk factors described in our annual or quarterly reports, or in
any of our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all of
which filings any reader of this release is encouraged to study. Readers of
this release are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.

SOURCE Citizens First Corporation

Dawn Forbes of Citizens First Corporation, +1-270-393-0700