pebo-20230123

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31-0987416

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 23, 2023, following the unanimous recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors of Peoples Bancorp Inc. (“Peoples”) elected Carol A. Schneeberger as a director of Peoples. Ms. Schneeberger will serve as a director of Peoples for an initial term ending at Peoples 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. On January 23, 2023, the Board of Directors of Peoples Bank, the banking subsidiary of Peoples, elected Ms. Schneeberger as a member of the Peoples Bank Board of Directors.

In her capacity as a non-employee director of each of Peoples and Peoples Bank, Ms. Schneeberger will receive compensation on the same basis as the other non-employee directors receive for their service on the Peoples and Peoples Bank Boards of Directors and the respective committees of the Peoples and Peoples Bank Boards of Directors. Any appointments of Ms. Schneeberger to committees will be determined at a later date.

Ms. Schneeberger is the former Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer of Peoples, and Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Cashier of Peoples Bank, where she was responsible for managing the operations, technology, information security, compliance, legal and facilities functions of the companies, positions she held from July 2011 until her retirement. A Certified Public Accountant (inactive), Ms. Schneeberger retired from Peoples on March 31, 2020, after more than 42 years of service.

Prior to July, 2011, Ms. Schneeberger held a variety of different leadership positions with Peoples, including serving as interim Chief Financial Officer from April 2007 to May 2008. During her tenure at Peoples she also served stints as Auditor and as Director of Human Resources. Ms. Schneeberger joined Peoples in 1977 as a bank teller.

Ms. Schneeberger has been involved with several community and charitable organizations. She currently serves on the boards of the Marietta Community Foundation and Marietta Area Health Care, Inc., and serves as Treasurer of New Harmony Baptist Church. She previously served on the board of EVE, Incorporated, which is a domestic violence shelter in Marietta, Ohio. Ms. Schneeberger earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Cedarville University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Ohio University.

A copy of the press release announcing Ms. Schneeberger’s election to the Peoples Board of Directors is included as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PEOPLES BANCORP INC.

Date:

January 23, 2023

By:/s/

KATIE BAILEY

Katie Bailey

Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


Exhibit Number						Description
99						News Release issued by Peoples Bancorp Inc. on January 23, 2023


			PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
			(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


			Not applicable
			(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)