Steve Oyer

Steve Oyer is a seasoned executive with over 45 years of business and investment experience. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sustainable Finance Partnerships, a platform for business and philanthropic endeavors through which he advises family offices, companies, funds, and select nonprofits.

Oyer’s leadership experience is extensive. He has served as CEO of i(x) Net Zero, a permanently capitalized holding company focused on energy transition and sustainability in the built environment. He also served as Senior Vice President at Lazard Asset Management where he led its Global Family Office Advisory Group, and was a senior member of Brookfield Asset Managements Private Funds Group.

In addition to his service on the board of Truth Initiative, Oyer has considerable experience working in the nonprofit sector. He is a co-founder of Family Office University Network, a nonprofit organization fostering collaboration between single family offices and universities, where he serves as principal organizer of its non-commercial initiatives at Stanford, NYU and Oxford. Oyer is also a board member of Borealis Foods, a mission-based food tech company, and chair of the Audit, Governance, and Compensation Committees. He also serves as an advisor to Earth Finance, a Seattle-based consulting and capital solutions firm, and was a board member and the audit chair of a NYSE-listed designer, marketer, manufacturer, and distributor of appliances called Salton, Inc.

In addition to his work, Oyer is an active volunteer with the Jewish Climate Trust and collaborates with the leadership of the Climate Solutions Prize and Festivals. He is a board and investment committee emeritus at Florida Atlantic University’s Foundation.

Oyer originally hails from Youngstown, Ohio and currently lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife Lorri Staal. They spend as much time as possible with their four children who live from coast to coast. 

Oyer has served on the Truth Initiative board of directors since 2019.