Steve Clifford

Steve Clifford became President & Chief Executive Officer of PBI-Gordon Companies, Inc. and its subsidiaries PBI-Gordon Corporation, Pegasus Laboratories, and Pet-Ag, Inc. in November 2020. Steve joined the PBI-Gordon Board of Directors in 2015, following his retirement from Ernst & Young (EY). He was named PBI-Gordon’s Chief Operating Officer in 2018.

Previously, Steve spent nearly 33 years with EY, including his final 16 years as managing partner of the Kansas City office and a member of EY’s executive committee for the Midwest area.

In addition to his duties at PBI-Gordon, Steve also serves as a director on the board of Ferrellgas Partners (NYSE: FGP), an American supplier of propane, and is as a member of the board of the Archdiocese of Northeast Kansas. He also serves on the finance committee of the Kansas City Symphony and as chair of the finance committee of Church of the Nativity. He is the former chairman of the board of both Cristo Rey High School and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance and accounting from Texas Christian University. He has also completed strategic leadership programs at Harvard and Babson College. Steve is a member of both the Kansas and Missouri Society of CPAs, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of Corporate Directors.