Steve McConahey

Bio

In addition to his management role with Iron Gate Capital, Steve McConahey is the chairman of SGM Capital, a firm focused on private equity investments and management advisory services. Prior to forming this firm, Steve was President and Chief Operating officer of EVEREN Securities and EVEREN Capital. EVEREN was formed through a management and ESOP buyout of Kemper Securities in 1995. After becoming a public NYSE company and one of the 10 largest securities brokerage firms in the country, EVEREN was purchased by First Union in October of 1999. Prior to his position with EVEREN, Steve had been Senior Vice President for corporate and international development for Kemper Corporation and Kemper Financial Services. Prior to that he was Chairman and CEO of Boettcher and Company, a regional investment banking firm then headquartered in Denver. During his time with Boettcher, Steve was a member of the Securities Industry Association and served on the Regional Firm Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange. Kemper purchased Boettcher in 1985. Upon graduation from Harvard, he joined the consulting firm of McKinsey and Company in Washington D.C. In 1972, he received a White House Fellowship and worked during that time with Cabinet Secretaries Elliot Richardson and Caspar Weinberger. After his fellowship, Steve became a program administrator in the Urban Mass Transit Administration and in 1976 joined the White House staff becoming President Ford's Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs. Steve moved to Denver in 1977 when he joined Boettcher and Company. While in Denver, he became actively involved in the Community. He served on the Board of the Downtown Denver Partnership, the Denver Symphony, and the Greater Denver Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the executive committee of the Blue Print for Colorado, a business group initiative outlining a legislative and development agenda for Colorado. He was also one of the co-organizers of the 1998 Denver Winter Games Committee that developed Denver's bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics. In the late 1980’s, Steve became the first chairman of the Greater Denver Corporation that was established to lead business efforts to support new infrastructure investments such as the Denver International Airport and the Convention Center and to stimulate business and job development in the Denver metro area. Steve is currently a member of the board of directors for the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. He is also a member of the advisory board for the Daniels School of Business, a member of the advisory council for the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies, and a member of the Metro Denver Sports Commission board of directors. Steve also serves as a trustee of the AMLI real estate investment trust and serves on the corporate boards of IQ Navigator, First Western Trust Bank and Macquarie Pro Logis Management Limited. Steve and his wife Kathy have two children and reside in Greenwood Village. Steve received a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from Harvard Business School