KABA Names Karla Krehbiel: Business Leader of the Year

KABA's annual Ovation Awards honor top-performing Kenosha County businesses and business leaders, as well as their contributions to the community. The selection committee, responsible for choosing winners, comprises previous Ovation Award recipients, KABA staff and board members, representatives from BizTimes Media, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Gateway Technical College, and Carthage College.

Karla Krehbiel, regional president of Johnson Financial Group, is the Business Leader of the Year. She has 40 years of experience in the financial services industry and joined Johnson Financial Group in 2007 as senior vice president of commercial banking. She was promoted to regional president for the southeast market in 2016. In that role, Krehbiel oversees all business lines including commercial, retail and wealth management in the Kenosha and Racine areas. She has served on the boards of several organizations in the community, including the Kenosha County Food Bank, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Foundation, Carthage College Business Coalition, Kenosha Area Business Alliance, Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce, Kenosha Achievement Center, United Way of Kenosha

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