Sheila Chablani

Sheila Chablani serves as the SVP for Executive and Board Operations at the ABA. In this role, she leads operations for the Executive Office, manages the association’s governance and supports executive leadership and volunteer officers. Her responsibilities to the ABA Board of Directors include managing the board governance, schedules and the preparation of all board materials.

Beyond the boardroom, Sheila works closely with the President and CEO to coordinate schedules, workflow, budgets and priorities across the executive office and the association’s elected leadership. She oversees the Officers’ speaking engagements–managing availability, logistics, and the timely delivery of briefing materials–and facilitates seamless communication between the executive office, member bank CEOs, state association executives, members of Congress and senior officials across the executive branch and regulatory agencies. Sheila also serves as an enterprise-wide coordinator for both internal and external ABA initiatives, collaborating with staff and providing advice and counsel to advance executive office and board priorities with clarity and purpose.

Sheila’s professional journey in the U.S. began at the New York Times Company Magazine Group in 1990, starting in the human resources department and quickly advancing through various administrative management positions. This trajectory culminated in her placement in the C-suite in 1994 as the executive assistant to the president and CEO.

Earlier in her career, she worked overseas at Alghanim Travel, a division of Alghanim Industries—one of the largest privately held conglomerates in the Gulf region—where she managed complex scheduling, budgets, and executive travel arrangements.