Steve Shelton
Chairman
Steve is honored to be a founding Board Member of Breakthrough Partners.

In recent years Steve has served as the Director of Business Development and Finance for the World Evangelical Alliance, Finance Director for Vision House and Director of Revenue Operations for DaVita.

Steve spent most of his working career with Nordstrom, the Seattle-based fashion retailer, retiring after 24 years of service. His last position was Vice President of Customer Retention of Nordstrom Bank, the consumer credit division of Nordstrom.  Steve also served as Regional Vice President, Director of Credit Operations and Director of Accounts Payable. Steve learned the Credit Card business working under Dee Hock the founder of VISA and VISA International, while working himself through the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.  Steve also served as manager of Logistics and as Statistical Manager for Macys (The Bon Marche). Steve is a certified consumer credit executive ( C.C.C.E.).

In the past Steve served on the boards of the Crisis Clinic of King County, Consumer Credit Counseling of America, The National Foundation for Consumer Credit, the Credit Advisory Committee for the Credit Research Center at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, The Seattle King County International Credit Association and the Board of the Nordstrom Federal Credit Union.

In addition to serving as the Chairman of the Board of Breakthrough Partners, Steve is a member of the Board of Directors of the Snohomish County Public Facilities District, President of the Board of the Edmonds Center for the Arts and Vice President of Barclay Shelton Dance Inc.