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Chris Penka currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Elevate, having held multiple financial leadership roles including Vice President of Finance and Director of FP&A since September 2020. Previous experience includes serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Financial Advisor at Vesta Home, as well as Chief Financial Officer at Showroom Inc., the parent company of Vesta Home. Chris also held positions at Credit Key as Director of Finance, and at Green Dot Corporation as Senior Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis, where significant improvements to annual budgeting processes were made. Early career experience encompasses roles at Citigroup Global Investment Banking, Montgomery & Co., LLC, and Piper Jaffray. Chris holds an MBA in Finance from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BA in Economics and Finance from Claremont McKenna College.