YOUTH FOUNDATION WELCOMES NEW CHAIR: Steve CoyerThe Youth Foundation is thrilled to have Steve accept the Chairmanship of the Youth Foundation. We are certain that his passion, keen business sense and great leadership will be a guiding light for the Youth Foundation in the years to come. A Native of Detroit, Michigan, Steve Coyer attended The University of Michigan where he received a B. A . degree in Economics (with Honors) in 1973. Upon graduating Steve joined a small, entrepreneurial firm, which was then pioneering the concept of computer time-sharing for business applications. There, he completed a number of consulting projects with clients ranging from large electric utilities, to banks, to multinational food and beverage companies. The firm was bought by Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
In 1974 Steve married Amy, and eventually they both attended Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business together, where they earned MBAs. Following graduate school at Harvard, Steve worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co. in Los Angeles, and then joined a McKinsey partner to establish the first Strategic Planning department for Automatic Data Processing. After two years, Steve was recruited by a small, computer data base company in NYC to help expand the company as its President. The firm’s clients included most of the leading institutional financial firms in the US, Europe, and Japan, as well as two-thirds of the Fortune 500. After ten years, the company was sold to Knight-Ridder who eventually sold it to Thomson Reuters, where it operates today.
Amy and Steve retired to the Vail Valley in June of 1999. He is an avid cook, and enjoys creating a delicious meal for good friends. Traveling is also another love; together, he and Amy have had wonderful adventures in places as far flung as New Zealand, Patagonia, Afghanistan, Iran, India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Recently they sailed along the coast of Turkey and look forward to more exciting places in their future.
Though Amy and Steve never got around to having their own children, they pride themselves on being the best aunts and uncles imaginable! They adore their nine nieces and nephews, and have been fortunate, over the years, to have spent an amazing amount of quality time with them! Among Steve’s vast business experience he has also been a competitive amateur golfer for nearly twenty years, playing in the 1997 USGA Mid-Amateur, as well as the 1998 British Amateur Championship. His interest in golf and children led Steve to join the Advisory Board of The First Tee of Eagle County, and served as its Chair for the past three years.
Currently, Steve serves as President of the Mountain Star Homeowners’ Association, and has been for the past seven years. Thank you, Steve!
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