Steve Goepfert was the Vice President - Internal Audit (Chief Auditor) for United Airlines until his retirement in October 2013. He assumed the role after the merger of United and Continental in October 2010. He had previously been Chief Auditor at Continental Airlines for 21 years. 

He was the 2006-2007 Chairman of the Board for the Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc. (IIA). Steve served on the IIA’s Executive Committee for 6 years (2003-09) and on the global IIA Board for 7 years. He is a past President of the Houston Chapter (1999-2000) and served on its Board for 17 years. In 2012, Steve was inducted into the inaugural class of the IIA’s American Hall of Distinguished Audit Practitioners.  He was recognized in 2013 with the Victor Brink award for distinguished service to the IIA.

Steve is a member of the Southern Illinois University (SIU) Foundation Board of Directors (2014-present) and joined its Executive Committee and became Chairman of the Finance Committee (oversight for Audit, Budget and ERM) in 2017.

A CIA, CPA (inactive) and CRMA, he started his career with the Big 8 firm of Coopers & Lybrand, where he worked for over 5 years. Steve graduated with highest honors from SIU in 1975. He was inducted into the SIU College of Business Hall of Fame in 2010.