Steve is a nationally recognized expert with over 30 years of experience in career technical education and workforce development. He leads organization-wide efforts to develop business and relationships with potential funders and leaders of federal and state education agencies. He also directs or provides content support for 19 cross-center projects. Steve specializes in the creation of education accountability and finance systems; policy analysis, research, and evaluation; and the delivery of technical assistance to help states and local providers align their secondary and postsecondary career education and workforce development systems. He also has extensive experience managing large-scale federal research and evaluation studies designed to strengthen youth and adult education and training to improve transitions to college and careers. Steve holds a Ph.D. in educational policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s in educational leadership and baccalaureate degree in the biological basis of behavior from the University of Pennsylvania.
Because everyone should be passionate about what they do for a living, I help youth and adults obtain the academic knowledge and technical skills they need to make informed decisions that enable them to make seamless transitions within and across educational levels and into meaningful careers.
