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Jan Eddy

Retired Parent Company Board Member and First Business Bank Board Member

Jan Eddy

About Jan

Jan Eddy served as a Board Director of First Business Financial Services., Inc., parent company of First Business Bank, from October 2003 to April 2022. She most recently was Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Chair and served as a member of the Compensation Committee. Ms. Eddy joined the First Business Bank Board in November 2018 as part of the establishment of the mirror image board structure. She previously served as a director of First Business Bank from April 1990 to May 2010 and served as First Business Bank Board Chair from January 2004 to May 2010.

Ms. Eddy founded Wingra Technologies, a designer and distributor of software, and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wingra Technologies from October 1991 to January 2005, when Quest Software purchased Wingra Technologies. Ms. Eddy held the position of Business Development Executive at Quest Software from January 2005 until her retirement in October 2005.

Ms. Eddy serves on the boards of Edgewood College and the Sauk Prairie Healthcare Foundation, and serves or has served on the boards of other privately held companies and non-profit organizations.

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