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FNBC Bank & Trust executive graduates from Future Leaders Alliance

WEST CHICAGO - Stacey Gallagher, senior vice president, Retail Banking for FNBC Bank & Trust, graduated from the Future Leaders Alliance offered through the Illinois Bankers Association.

The graduation commencement was held virtually during the IBA's annual ONE Conference on Friday, March 5. The 14-month FLA program is dedicated to enhancing the professional development of promising bank leaders through three primary components: education, community service and networking.

Participants were involved in comprehensive training that included attending educational sessions, performing local community service and completing an advancement strategy project that brought value directly back to their banks and customers. Stacey's advancement strategy project was to remodel the teller line at the bank's West Chicago branch, which modified standing teller stations to retail banker desks. All teller and retail banking staff will be crossed trained in both jobs to improve efficiency, customer service, workflow and scheduling.

The education sessions covered core topics such as leadership and influence, team building, coaching, service leadership, collaboration skills, financial marketing and branding, legislative process, presentation skills, accounting for bankers, asset liability management, regulatory hot topics, cyber security, executing an online banking simulation, and more.

The Illinois Bankers Association is a full-service trade association dedicated to creating a positive business climate that benefits the entire banking industry and the communities they serve. Founded in 1891, the IBA brings together state and national banks and savings banks of all sizes in Illinois. Collectively, the Illinois banking industry employs more than 105,000 people in over 4,300 offices across the state.

FNBC Bank & Trust is a locally owned and locally managed community bank with a 100-year history of providing financial services, support and leadership to communities throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. For more information, call (708) 482-7700 or visit www.fnbcbt.com.

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