Steven founded Learning for Action in 2000. In January 2023, Steven transitioned LFA to its current partners, Jessica Xiomara García, Emily Drake, and Alex Hildebrand. Steven continues to practice nonprofit and philanthropic consulting through Head+Heart Advisory and has an ongoing relationship with LFA in a strategic partnership role and as a member of the Board of Directors.

Over decades in the sector, Steven has provided evaluation, strategy, and capacity-building services to hundreds of nonprofits, foundations, and public agencies. Steven is a nationally recognized leader in the fields of performance management and organizational effectiveness and is an expert in developing systems, processes, and cultures that support the use of data and insights to drive decisions that maximize social impact. He is regularly sought out to present at convenings across the U.S. and abroad on the topics of innovative approaches to evaluation and learning, as well as integrating outcomes-based approaches into strategy development. Most recently, for example, Steven serves as evaluation and learning partner for Unbound Philanthropy, a foundation dedicated to ensuring that migrants, refugees, and their families are treated with respect and dignity, are able to contribute fully in their new communities, and can thrive. Steven also currently serves as Implementation Director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Equity Learning Lab.

Steven’s content expertise covers diverse issue areas including early childhood education, K-12 education, youth development, juvenile justice, health, homelessness, community economic development, environmental education, and organizational development and effectiveness. Before consulting, Steven was a case manager for homeless youth and conducted ethnographic research in Mexico

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology and Spanish, Tufts University

• Masters of Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Berkeley