Steve Wittbecker

Steven Wittbecker is CoBank’s Chief Sustainability Officer. In this role, Mr. Wittbecker is responsible for leading CoBank’s long-term strategy, development and execution of its Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) policies and practices.

Prior to this role, Mr. Wittbecker served as CoBank’s Chief Audit Officer for 10 years, overseeing the bank’s internal audit and asset review functions and working collaboratively with functional leaders across the enterprise. He joined CoBank in 2011, after serving as a Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Risk Assurance practice for over eight years.

Mr. Wittbecker has a BBA in management information systems from the University of Iowa, obtained his CISA certification in 2004 and is an active member of the Institute of Internal Auditors. He has over 22 years of public accounting, consulting and internal audit experience.