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 Jerome J. SmithChairman, First Business Financial Services Inc.Jerry J. Smith is Chairman of the Board for First Business Financial Services, Inc. and also First Business Bank – Northeast. He was Founding CEO of both First Business Bank and it's parent holding company in 1990. He has a 45 year career in commercial banking.
He also serves on the boards of SECURA Insurance Company (investment and executive committees); Aldo Leopold Foundation (executive, finance and development committees); and CTI Paper USA, Inc. |
|  Mark D. BugherDirector, University Research Park| Mark D. Bugher has served as a Director of the Company since July 2005 and is a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating and the Compensation Committee. Mr. Bugher has served as the Director of University Research Park in Madison, Wisconsin since 1999. Prior to this role, Mr. Bugher served as the Secretary of the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration from 1996 to 1999. From 1988 to 1996, he served as Secretary of the State of Wisconsin Department of Revenue. Mr. Bugher serves in leadership positions as chair or board member to many organizations promoting economic development in Wisconsin. |
|  Corey A. ChambasPresident & CEO, First Business Financial Services Inc| Corey A. Chambas has served as a director since July 2002, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 2006 and as President of the Company since February 2005. He served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company from February 2005 to September 2006 and as Executive Vice President of the Company from July 2002 to February 2005. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s First Business Bank subsidiary from July 1999 to September 2006 and as President of First Business Bank from July 1999 to February 2005. |
|  Jan A. EddyRetired President & CEO, Wingra Technologies| Jan A. Eddy has served as a director of the Company since October 2003, and she is Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. She joined as director of First Business Bank in April 1990 and retired from that board as Board Chair in May 2010. Ms. Eddy served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wingra Technologies, a designer and distributor of software, from October 1991 to January 2005. Quest Software purchased Wingra Technologies in January 2005. Ms. Eddy held the position of Business Development Executive at Quest Software from January 2005 to October 2005. |
|  John J. HarrisFormer Managing Director
Stifel Nicolaus Weisel| John J. Harris has been a director of First Business Financial Services, Inc. since 2012. and is now a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Harris is a retired senior financial services executive from the Greater Chicago Area with over 25 years of experience providing financial advisory services to senior managements, boards and special committees of publicly traded companies. He has extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions and has done significant work advising clients on capital formation and execution of public capital raises.
Harris was Managing Director of the Investment Banking Financial Institutions Group at Stifel Nicolaus Weisel from June 2007 to September 2010, Managing Director of the Investment Banking Financial Institutions Group at Piper Jaffray & Co. from February 2005 to March 2007 and he held senior banking positions at William Blair & Co., LLC and ABN Amro/The Chicago Corporation prior to that. |
|  Gerald L. KilcoyneBoard Chair, First Business Bank
Managing Partner, Pinnacle Enterprises, LLC| Jerry Kilcoyne has served as a Director of the Company since November 2011 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. He has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company's First Business Bank subsidiary since May 2010 and has been a board member since August 2005. Mr. Kilcoyne, Managing Partner of Pinnacle Enterprises, LLC, is also a private equity investor in businesses and an owner of commercial real estate in the Madison area. He has been involved in mergers and acquisitions throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe since 1980 and has owned or operated businesses in manufacturing, transportation equipment leasing, railroad operations, retail, printing, advertising specialties, elderly housing, warehousing, and distribution. |
|  John M. SilsethPresident, Antietam LLC
Chairman, First Business Bank - Milwaukee| John M. Silseth has served as a director of the Company since October 2006, and he is a member of the Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. He also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company’s First Business Bank-Milwaukee subsidiary. Mr. Silseth has been President of Antietam LLC, a private investment firm located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since 1986. He also serves on the Board of Directors of various Antietam portfolio companies, other privately held companies and charitable organizations. |
|  Barbara H. StephensRetired Senior VP – Human Resources, Bucyrus International, Inc.| Barbara H. Stephens has served as a director of the Company since January 2010, and she is the Chair of the Compensation Committee. Ms. Stephens retired as Senior Vice President in Human Resources with Bucyrus International, Inc. in 2011. She had been a Human Resources executive with Bucyrus since 2005. Prior to that, she was a Director of Human Resources with Snap-On Tools, LLC from November 1994 to February 2005. |
|  Dean W. VoeksRetired CEO, Chorus Communications Group Ltd.| Dean W. Voeks has served as a Director of the Company since April 1996, is Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. From January 1991 until October 2001, Mr. Voeks was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Chorus Communications Group Ltd., a telecommunications company. |
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 Corey A. ChambasPresident and Chief Executive Officer| Corey A. Chambas has served as a director since July 2002, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 2006 and as President of the Company since February 2005. He served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company from February 2005 to September 2006 and as Executive Vice President of the Company from July 2002 to February 2005. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s First Business Bank subsidiary from July 1999 to September 2006 and as President of First Business Bank from July 1999 to February 2005. |
|  James F. RopellaSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer| James F. Ropella has worked in the commercial banking industry for over 25 years, specializing in finance and accounting. He is a graduate of St. Norbert College with a degree in Accounting. Prior to joining First Business Financial Services, Inc., Jim was Treasurer of US operations for Fiskars, a consumer products company after 17 years with Firstar Bank, now known as US Bank, where his final position was Treasurer. |
|  Michael J. LoseneggerChief Credit Officer|
Michael J. Losenegger has over 27 years of banking experience, including specialized work in commercial lending and highly leveraged transactions. In addition, he has several years of experience working in the treasury department of a Fortune 500 company. Michael is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics. He holds a Master's Degree in Management with concentrations in finance, accounting and management policy from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Michael is a board member of Independent Living, Inc. and Mt. Horeb's Zoning Board of Appeals. He is also a member and past board member of Madison South Rotary. Michael is also active in the Community Clothes Closet in Mount Horeb. |
|  Barbara McCarty ConleySenior Vice President, Corporate Secretary, and General Counsel| Barbara M. Conley brings 30 years of progressive commercial banking experience from Associated Bank, and is well known from her extensive community involvement. Barbara’s community involvement includes: past Board Member and Board Chair of Downtown Madison, Inc.; current Audit Committee Member of Madison Community Foundation; past Board Chair and Finance Committee Chair of Meriter Retirement Services, Inc.; past member of the UW School of Business Dean’s Advisory Board; past President and Founding Board Member of The Business Forum, Inc. Barbara holds a J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, a Master of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Personnel from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. |
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