Steve Studdert brings a vast network and wealth of knowledge to The Studdert Group. He is the founder of Mantford Ventures, an investment banking firm, and founder of i3 Technologies. He also founded a commercial bank and has many corporate board directorships. He helped create the FORTUNE 500 Forum for senior executives and participated in TIME magazine’s leaders’ world news-tour. He is author of America in Danger.
Mr. Studdert served as a White House advisor to U.S. Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford, and represented U.S. Presidents in diplomatic assignments to over one hundred nations. By presidential appointment he served on the President’s Export Council, the Export Advisory Now Council, and the Foreign Trade Practices and Negotiations Subcommittee, and as a United States Delegate to the United Nations Energy Conference in Africa, to the United States Delegation to the 40th NATO Summit, and to the funeral of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. He directed the 1989 Presidential Inaugural, served as Advisor to the 1981 and 1985 Presidential Inaugurals, and provided counsel to the 2001 and 2005 Presidential Inaugurals. He was appointed a Federal Home Loan Bank Director in the Clinton Administration. He serves as an advisor to the Under Secretary General of the United Nations, and is active in international religious liberty issues.
His many civic responsibilities have included service as chair of the Utah Statehood Centennial Commission and Chair of This is the Place Foundation. He presently serves as Chairman of the George Washington Center for Freedom and Understanding.
A strong advocate of affordable housing, he headed the national Native American Housing Initiative. He chaired the Housing and Community Development efforts of a $44 billion Federal Home Loan Bank, where he served on the Board of Directors as its Chairman. He was elected by his peers to chair the Federal Home Loan Bank System Council of Chairs.
He was national Co-Chair of the New American Revolution, a foundation for helping youth in need. He has been a youth baseball coach and Scoutmaster, and serves on the Executive Committee of Scouting’s Utah National Parks Council. His four sons are Eagle Scouts.
Mr. Studdert is a graduate of Brigham Young University, a former elected City Council member, and a past Jaycee President. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the National Guard Minuteman Award, the People of Vision award, the Utah Farm Bureau’s Friend of Agriculture Award, and the citizen Distinguished Service Medal from the United States Army. He served on the Board of Trustees of Southern Virginia University, from which he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate.
He and his wife Bonnie are the parents of six children.