Kristie Paskvan is an experienced board member and CFO/COO/President with over 25 years of experience in diversified financial services, asset management, real estate, insurance, and professional services companies. She is an NACD Certified Board Director. Kristie is a board director at First Women’s Bank (FWB) - a de novo bank launched in 2021, where she serves as the Audit Committee Chair, and is a member of both the Risk and Compensation committees. She serves as the Audit Chair for Smithbucklin - a Chicago-based association management company, and for NCCI, which provides objective state insurance rate and loss cost recommendations. At NCCI she is also a member of the Nom/Gov Committee. Kristie sits on the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago board of directors where she chairs the Stronger Neighborhoods committee, and the International Women’s Forum board. She is a member of the University of Illinois Dean’s Business Council for the Gies College of Business. She is a part-time Associate Director in the Magelli Office of Experiential Learning at the University of Illinois Gies College of Business. Previously she was the CFO and COO at Mesirow. Kristie served on the Mesirow board of directors for 6 years. Kristie received her BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois and has an Executive MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is a member of the Illinois CPA Society.