First Business Bank

About / Team

Renee Ramirez

Southeast Wisconsin Advisory Board Member

Renee Ramirez

About Renee

Renee Ramirez is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Community Smiles Dental, formerly Waukesha County Community Dental Clinic. In August 2018, she opened a second clinic in Menomonee Falls. Both locations provide affordable dental care for low-income families, high-risk expectant mothers, and low-income children. Since 2008, the clinic has provided more than $23 million in dental care to more than 21,000 patients. Community Smiles Dental was named Waukesha County Executive’s Large Nonprofit of the Year in 2015 and has been national recognized by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentist Foundation as a “gold star” dental program for children.

Renee graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.A. in International Relations and Economics. She has thirty years’ experience in nonprofit management, and is recognized for her leadership in Wisconsin as a mentor for women, as an advocate for oral health equity, as well as for her expertise and success in fundraising.

Manufacturing production line with industrial equipment and workers assembling engine components, representing a business supported by asset-based lending during ownership or operational transitions.

Article

How Asset-Based Lending Supports Business Transitions

Businesses use asset-based lending to fund acquisitions, ownership changes, and growth.
two people in a conference room discussing what to consider when a bank gets acquired

Article

What to Consider When Your Bank Gets Acquired

What every business owner should know when a bank gets acquired.
Niamh Kristufek standing in an open indoor space talking with someone

Spotlight

The Business Of Helping People Succeed: Meet Niamh Kristufek

Meet Niamh Kristufek and see how family, resilience, and entrepreneurship shaped her approach to leadership.