Christa Steele is an experienced CEO, Board Member and well-known speaker and thought leader of Digital Disruption and Corporate Governance in the new digital age.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Recology, CA., OFG Bancorp (NYSE: OFG), Puerto Rico, Tanimura & Antle, CA., NACD Northern California and Pacific Coast Banking School, WA.
Until recently, Steele was a partner and board member of FIG Partners, a highly successful investment bank with ten locations across the United States. In April 2019, FIG Partners was acquired by Janney Montgomery Scott.
Prior to board directorship, she became the youngest CEO in the United States to lead a $3.5 Billion asset size bank located in the San Francisco Bay Area of CA. As a former CEO with $500 million in market cap, she led the improvement of core earnings 43% in a single calendar year, doubled the banks value in less than two years, and successfully led its sale for a premium in 2015. Steele was recognized by The San Francisco Business Times as a "Most Influential Leader in Bay Area Business" and Crowe Horwath, for driving significant financial performance improvement.
In October 2019, she was identified by Private Company Director Magazine as a North America “Director to Watch”.
Steele qualifies as a financial and audit expert from time served as CEO overseeing the financial complexities of a financial institution. She is a Board Leadership Fellow with the National Association of Corporate Directors, holds an MBA from University of Southern Ca and an undergraduate degree from California State University Sacramento.