STEVE SCHUCK
Steve Schuck founded Schuck Communities, now Schuck Chapman Companies, more than 50 years ago, and the company continues to be a major developer of commercial, residential, industrial, and mixed-use projects in multiple markets. Schuck has had more than 50 joint ventures and partnerships, creating and developing thousands of residential home sites and acres of commercial land in the Denver, Colorado Springs, Portland, and Phoenix markets, valued in billions of dollars.
As founder and/or co-founder of both Colorado’s and Colorado Springs’ private economic development programs, the Greater Denver Corporation, the Colorado Leadership Forum, and the Republican Leadership Program (now the Leadership Program of the Rockies), Schuck’s entrepreneurial leadership reaches far beyond business and into public policy, including having been a candidate for Governor. He and his late wife, Joyce, have been school choice activists for decades, creating Parents Challenge over 22 years ago, which has empowered low-income parents of more than 3,000 economically disadvantaged kids in Colorado Springs with privately funded scholarships, grants, and mentoring that can be used in both public and private schools. Their private foundation, The Schuck Initiatives, is a leader and activist in advancing freedom and personal responsibility, moving people from dependency to independence.
Community and civic challenges are no strangers to Schuck, and his leadership in improving communities through service includes being a trustee of more than 20 organizations, including Junior Achievement. His leadership has earned him well-deserved special recognition from highly distinguished organizations, including being named Citizen of the Year by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, the Lifetime of Community Achievement Award from the Colorado Association of Homebuilders, a medal of merit from the University of Colorado Board of Regents, the David S. D'Evelyn Award for Inspired Leadership from the Independence Institute, and the 2021 Leadership Program of the Rockies Legacy Award, among many others.
Schuck earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, after which he became the head football coach at the West Point Prep School. He and his late wife, Joyce, have three children, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
As founder and/or co-founder of both Colorado’s and Colorado Springs’ private economic development programs, the Greater Denver Corporation, the Colorado Leadership Forum, and the Republican Leadership Program (now the Leadership Program of the Rockies), Schuck’s entrepreneurial leadership reaches far beyond business and into public policy, including having been a candidate for Governor. He and his late wife, Joyce, have been school choice activists for decades, creating Parents Challenge over 22 years ago, which has empowered low-income parents of more than 3,000 economically disadvantaged kids in Colorado Springs with privately funded scholarships, grants, and mentoring that can be used in both public and private schools. Their private foundation, The Schuck Initiatives, is a leader and activist in advancing freedom and personal responsibility, moving people from dependency to independence.
Community and civic challenges are no strangers to Schuck, and his leadership in improving communities through service includes being a trustee of more than 20 organizations, including Junior Achievement. His leadership has earned him well-deserved special recognition from highly distinguished organizations, including being named Citizen of the Year by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, the Lifetime of Community Achievement Award from the Colorado Association of Homebuilders, a medal of merit from the University of Colorado Board of Regents, the David S. D'Evelyn Award for Inspired Leadership from the Independence Institute, and the 2021 Leadership Program of the Rockies Legacy Award, among many others.
Schuck earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, after which he became the head football coach at the West Point Prep School. He and his late wife, Joyce, have three children, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.