Steve McLin

Stephen McLin was a longtime executive in the banking industry. He briefly worked at Atlantic Richfield in Anaheim, California, before pursuing higher education and realizing his passion for finance. McLin worked much of his career at Bank of America (BofA), buying and selling other companies. He started out as assistant vice president in the cashiers division and in seven years rose to become BofA’s top strategist. McLin would become executive vice president of BankAmerica Corporation, a subsidiary of Bank of America. He left BofA to become president of America First Financial Fund. Throughout his career, McLin negotiated more than 40 transactions, acquisitions and sales, which represented total assets in excess of $32 billion. In 1999, he created the McLin Family Foundation, and he served on the Schwab board until he retired. McLin earned a BS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MS in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, and then an MBA, also at Stanford.