Exhibit 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION


         I, Scott V. Fainor,  President  and Chief  Executive  Officer,  certify
that:

1.       I have reviewed  this annual report on Form 10-K of KNBT Bancorp,  Inc.
         (the "Registrant");

2.       Based  on my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain  any  untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which
         such  statements  were made, not misleading  with respect to the period
         covered by this report;

3.       Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial
         information  included in this  report,  fairly  present in all material
         respects the financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows
         of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.       The Registrant's other certifying  officer(s) and I are responsible for
         establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
         defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  for  the
         Registrant and have:

         (a)      Designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused
                  such  disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under
                  our supervision,  to ensure that material information relating
                  to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
                  made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
                  during the period in which this report is being prepared;

         (b)      Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure
                  controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                  and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
                  report based on such evaluation; and

         (c)      Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                  the Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant's
                  fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
                  has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
                  affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial
                  reporting; and

5.       The Registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
         based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
         reporting, to the Registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
         Registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
         functions):

         (a)      All significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in the
                  design  or  operation  of  internal   control  over  financial
                  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the
                  Registrant's ability to record, process,  summarize and report
                  financial information; and

         (b)      Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management
                  or  other  employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in  the
                  Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Date: March 26, 2004                     /s/ Scott V. Fainor
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                                         Scott V. Fainor
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer