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Carla Chavarria

Parent Company Board Member and First Business Bank Board Member

Carla Chavarria

About Carla

Carla C. Chavarria has served as a director of First Business Financial Services, Inc. since June 2017 and is the Compensation Committee Chair and a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Ms. Chavarria joined the First Business Bank Board in November 2018. Ms. Chavarria is Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer and a member of the executive committee for AMC Entertainment Inc., a publicly traded company. In this role she is responsible for the strategic development and implementation of total rewards, associate engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion, community relations, employment practices, human resource systems, talent acquisition, and training and development. 

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