Charles E. Chase

Assistant Secretary & Trustee
charles e. chase

Charlie Chase | FirstService Brands, President and CEO

Mr. Chase is the President and CEO of FirstService Brands, a division of FirstService Corporation of Toronto (FSV). FirstService Brands is a leading Property Services Company in North America serving one million customers a year in property services and more than $4 billion in system-wide sales. Notable brands include California Closets, Paul Davis Restoration, CertaPro Painters, Pillar to Post Home Inspectors, FirstOnsite Restoration and, Floor Coverings International. He has served in this role since 2010, growing the company through a mix of franchises and company owned operations. Prior to that Mr. Chase served as the CEO of the predecessor entity The Franchise Company. Prior to that Mr. Chase was the co-founder of CertaPro Painters, BrandPoint Services and Rhombus Services. Mr. Chase has been with the organization since October of 1982.

In addition to his business activities, Mr. Chase was the Chairman of the International Franchise Association (IFA) representing more than 832,000 franchise establishments, 1300 franchisors supporting nearly 8.8 million direct jobs and $900 billion in economic output across North America. Mr. Chase is an Officer, Trustee and Chair of the Audit Committee for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  Additionally, Mr. Chase is an officer, Trustee and Chair of the Education Committee for the Ed Snider Youth Hockey and Education Foundation. Mr. Chase was previously on the board of MANNA of Philadelphia and Devon Preparatory School. Mr. Chase has a BA Honors from Queen’s University of Kingston, Ontario and has attended numerous executive business programs at Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of Business. Mr. Chase resides in Villanova.

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