Stephen Kirk

Stephen F.
Kirk is currently the Chairman at Cleveland State University Foundation and the Vice Chairman at Vocational Guidance Services.
He is also a Director at The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and a Trustee at Cleveland State University.
Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Petroleum Additives Panel at American Chemistry Council, Inc. He was also the Chairman at Valvoline, Inc. from 2017 to 2022.
Additionally, he held the position of Director at Ashland LLC in 2013-2014 and Robbins & Myers, Inc. in 2006.
From 2013 to 2017, he was a Director at Ashland, Inc. Mr. Kirk's longest tenure was at The Lubrizol Corp., where he served as the Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President from 1972 to 2011.
He also held the same position at Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. Mr. Kirk holds an MBA from Cleveland State University and completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Cornell University.