EX-32.1 6 v459035_exh32x1.htm EXHIBIT 32.1

## EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of AmeriServ Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jeffrey A. Stopko, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

| 1). | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

| 2). | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stopko Jeffrey A. Stopko President and Chief Executive Officer March 3, 2017 |  |