OUR TEAM

FOUNDER

Steve Bauer

Career:

• Founder, Strategist and Facilitator – Tier 1 Group, Inc., 2009 – present
• Founder and Facilitator – The Preeminent Growth Collaborative, 2015 – 2018
• Founder and Lead Consultant – The Referral Academy, 2007-2009
• Vice President Client Services – The Three Marketeers, 1993-2009  
• Credit Officer and Team Lead, CIT Group, 1986-1993 

 Education:

• Villanova University, M.B.A.                     
• Bucknell University, BA in Economics
• Germantown Friends School, Class of 1980

 Civic Leadership (current and prior):

• President, Entrepreneurs Roundtable, The Union League of Philadelphia
• Executive Committee, The Business Leadership Forum, The Union League of Philadelphia
• Chair of Business at Daybreak, The Union League of Philadelphia
• Founder and Past President, Rotary Club of Chestnut Hill, PA
• Assistant Governor, Rotary District 7450
• Scoutmaster Emeritus, Boy Scout Troop 177, Wyndmoor, PA

Steve Bauer is an entrepreneur, strategic advisor, skilled facilitator and provocative thinker.  He founded Tier 1 Group in 2010 as a platform for delivering high impact growth solutions to small and mid-size organizations.  Steve possesses a unique ability to synthesize concepts and paradigms into frameworks for understanding obstacles and making strategic choices. 

Steve’s frameworks are rooted in the building of community.  He believes deeply that both success and joy happen when we are in meaningful relationship with others – in community.  He is blessed to have been mentored by his father Leigh, an attorney and top-rated Wharton professor, as well as his father-in-law Ken Erdman, a CLIO award-winning target marketer.  Both helped Steve develop his ability to think differently and reveal what truly matters  

MARKETING & ACCOUNTING

Beth Bauer

Beth Bauer is President of The Three Marketeers, Inc., parent company of Tier 1 Group. Beth is responsible for the back-office operations of Tier 1 Group, including oversight of Marketing, Personnel and Accounting.

Beth’s entrepreneurial roots are in the Advertising Specialty/Promotional Products industry, having spent 22 years managing a successful and award-winning promotional products distributorship.

After earning a BA in Business Administration from Gettysburg College, she joined The Three Marketeers as an Account Manager, and eventually took over the role of President. Her career in target marketing and entrepreneurial management has honed her skills in building and maintaining client and vendor relationships, project management, copywriting and editing, and understanding how an audience will hear a message.