(09-19) 21:28 PDT WOODSIDE -- Joy Covey, a former chief financial officer for Amazon.com, was killed riding her bicycle in Woodside, authorities said Thursday. She was 50.
Covey was cycling northbound on Skyline Boulevard at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when a southbound Mazda minivan turned left onto Elk Tree Road and the two collided, said California Highway Patrol Officer Art Montiel.
"She was wearing a helmet, but the injuries were too severe," he said. "She was pronounced dead at the scene."
Covey was Amazon.com's chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration from 1996 to 1999, overseeing the online retailer in its first years after it filed for an initial public offering, according to her Bloomberg executive profile.
She was named one of Fortune magazine's 50 Most Powerful Business Women in America during her time at Amazon.com.
Covey left the company in April 2000 after working various other senior management positions and was elected to Jetblue Airways' Board of Directors in 2003. A deeply committed environmentalist, according to her colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Covey served as the environmental action nonprofit's treasurer and established the Beagle Foundation, which funded a two-year fellowship with the NRDC for Harvard Law School graduates.
Covey graduated from Harvard Law School in 1989 after earning her bachelor's degree at Cal State Fresno.
"She encapsulated the heart and soul of NRDC and will be so deeply missed by all the NRDC family," Frances Beinecke, the group's president, said in a statement. "Her adventurous and indomitable spirit was infectious and she constantly challenged us to reach greater heights."
Authorities say the 22-year-old driver of the minivan that collided with Covey stayed at the scene after the crash. The investigation is ongoing, and drugs and alcohol do not appear to be a factor.
Vivian Ho is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: vho@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @VivianHo
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