With more than two decades of financial leadership experience, Steve Lavey joined the David C Cook team in 2025 as chief financial officer. In this position, he leads the ministry’s fiscal functions, including long-term financial planning, acquisitions, financial stewardship and organic initiatives.
Steve’s areas of expertise include scaling high-growth businesses, leading and driving financial strategies, and raising growth capital. His experience spans across public companies, private equity-backed start-ups and Christian nonprofits.
Before joining David C Cook, Steve led his own consulting service and investment company, Northlight Partners, and was co-founder and managing director of Vivoblue Inc., a Christian private equity-backed water filtration manufacturer that delivers clean water solutions to families in need in more than 30 countries.
Prior to Vivoblu, Lavey was global chief financial officer at Opportunity International, a Christian nonprofit serving more than 28 countries by providing microfinance loans, savings accounts, training and support to help more than 21 million families build sustainable livelihoods.
Lavey is a CPA and a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he received a bachelor’s degree focused on accounting and economics, and a master’s degree in business administration, majoring in finance and corporate strategy.
Lavey works out of the David C Cook headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo.