Steven L. York, CPA/ABV, ASA, CBA, CGMA is an Executive Vice President of Stern Brothers Valuation Advisors, a
nationally recognized business valuation and consulting firm. With over 30 years of serving clients from across the
United States and Internationally, his professional focus is on valuation consulting, fairness opinions, the design and
implementation of employee stock ownership plans, litigation support, sales of business interests, and fair value reporting
for mergers, acquisition and divestitures.
He is a Licensed Certified Public Accountant ("CPA"), in the State of Missouri and is Accredited in Business Valuation
(“ABV”) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) which requires training in business valuation.
Steve also is a Chartered Global Management Accountant by the AICPA. He has earned the Accredited Senior Appraiser ("ASA") and Certified Business Appraiser ("CBA") designations, designations that require peer review, extensive training, knowledge, and experience involving business valuations.
Steve is a published author by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the past President of the
Kansas City Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers, and past member of the Professional Responsibility Board of the Institute of Business Appraisers. He is a member of the AICPA Business Valuation Committee and the chair of the Business Valuation Committee of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA). He is a past President of the Kansas City Chapter of the MSCPA. Steve has been elected to the Institute of Business Appraisers Hall of Fame.
Steve has lectured frequently on valuation issues to groups such as the Kansas University School of Law, the
Kansas University School of Accountancy, the American Institute of CPA’s, Missouri Society of CPA’s, The ESOP Association, and The Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors at seminars across the United States.
Educational Background
• Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL – Masters of Business Administration in Finance
• University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri – Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting
Professional Designations
• CPA – Licensed in Missouri
• ABV – Accredited in Business Valuation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• CGMA – Chartered Global Management Accountant by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• ASA – Accredited Senior Appraiser, Designated in Business Valuation and Designated in Intangible Assets
• CBA – Certified Business Appraiser, by the Institute of Business Appraisers (now a division of NACVA)
Participation in Professional Societies and Organizations
• ASA – Past President of the Kansas City Metropolitan Chapter, Member of the Education Committee
• AICPA – Member of the Business Valuation Committee. Thought leader for Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
section of the Forensic and Valuation Services section, member of the ESOP Valuation Whitepaper Committee, paper
published in October 2013 and available from the AICPA
• MSCPA – Current Chair of the Business Valuation Committee
• ESOP Association – Speaker for the Employee Stock Ownership Plan member meetings for the Heart of America Chapter
• NCEO – Speaker for the National Center of Employee Ownership
• IBA – Past Member of the Professional Responsibility Board