Steve Priest

President

Ethical Leadership Group

Steve Priest, President of Ethical Leadership Group, a Global Compliance Company, has done ethics consulting in over forty countries for great organizations in most major industries. He is frequently asked to speak before organizations such as The Conference Board, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Young Presidents Organization, and the Ethics & Compliance Officer Association. He has raised awareness of the importance of ethical behavior through appearances and contributions to television, newspapers, and magazines.

Prior to founding the Ethical Leadership Group in 1993, Steve Priest was executive director of the Center for Ethics and Corporate Policy, a Chicago-based ethics think tank. Steve received his ethics training both in the real world of business and at Harvard University, where he received a Master of Theological Studies degree.

Steve earned his MBA and BA from the University of Chicago, and studied international organizational development in the Graduate Business School at the Katholieke University of Leuven in Belgium. In addition to consulting and speaking, Steve is a member of the Board of Directors of DePaul’s Institute for Business and Professional Ethics.