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Steve leads the company's growth capital investment strategy in addition to managing bank relationships and audit and tax functions. An accomplished financial analyst and deal architect, he currently serves on the boards of Clearas Water Recovery; Ag Energy Solutions, Inc. and Scorebook Live. He is a board member and current president of the Rypien Foundation. He has also served on the board of the Whitworth Foundation and the Spokane Teachers Credit Union Supervisory Committee. He represents the company as a member of the Spokane Angel Alliance and the Seattle Alliance of Angels.

Prior to joining Cowles as internal auditor in 1989, Steve was a Certified Public Accountant for Coopers & Lybrand (now Pricewaterhouse Coopers or PwC). He holds a BA in Accounting from Whitworth University.