Steve Rector

Steve Rector General Information

Biography

Mr. Steve Rector serves as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer at Cowles Company. He serves as a Board Member at Spiceology. He serves as a Board Member at Chord.us. He served as a Board Member at Ag Energy, S2Media, NuPhy Plants, Safeguard, Quintar, SBLive Sports, CLEARAS Harnessing Nature and Qualterra. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has also served on the board of the Whitworth Foundation and the Spokane Teachers Credit Union Supervisory Committee. He is a trustee of the Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation and the William H. Cowles Foundation; company-supported foundations that support capital projects for civic and educational advancement primarily in the Spokane region. Before joining Cowles Company in 1989, he was a Certified Public Accountant for Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers or PwC). Cowles Company subsidiaries include Cowles Publishing Company, publisher of The Spokesman-Review, Inland Empire Paper Company, KHQ-TV (NBC affiliate stations in Spokane, the Tri-Cities, and Yakima, and various ABC and Fox affiliates throughout Montana, Centennial Properties, Inc, River Park Square, and Northwest Farmer-Stockman insurance. He holds a BA in Accounting from Whitworth University.