LEAWOOD, KS – Oct. 15, 2021 –  First Business Bank is pleased to welcome Debby Ballard and Stewart Myers to the First Business Bank Advisory Board in its Kansas City Metro location.

Debby Ballard is Founder and CEO of The Ballard Connection, which links highly qualified and diverse talent with business opportunities. Prior to starting her business in 2020, Debby was President of the Sprint Foundation and Director of Community Affairs. During her 35 years with Sprint, Ms. Ballard held management positions in corporate social responsibility, organizational development, training, and sales operations.

Stewart S. Myers is Vice President of Programming for National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), which represents more than 700 cable operators throughout the United States in the procurement of media content programming. He is a national media video content acquisition expert as well as a skillful business and legal affairs media programming negotiator. Before joining NCTC in November 2008, Stewart was Senior Attorney at Sprint and provided legal counsel for all aspects of Sprint's one billion dollars international business operations.

“The depth of experience we’re gaining with the addition of Debby Ballard and Stewart Myers to our Kansas City Metro Advisory Board is very impressive,” said Rob Barker, President – Kansas City Metro Market for First Business Bank. “Debby and Stewart are both dedicated and driven business advisers who I know will help us achieve our goals. We feel very fortunate they joined our Advisory Board.”

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First Business Bank specializes in Business Banking, including Commercial Banking and Specialty Finance, Private Wealth, and Bank Consulting Services, and through its refined focus delivers unmatched expertise, accessibility, and responsiveness. Specialty Finance solutions are delivered through First Business Bank’s wholly owned subsidiary First Business Specialty Finance, LLC. First Business Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: FBIZ). For additional information, visit firstbusiness.bank.  Member FDIC