As a Project Director at CompassPoint, Steve co-leads and co-facilitates learning spaces in coaching skills and resource mobilization. Over his 25 years at CompassPoint, Steve has consulted with organizations in strategic planning, board development, fundraising and multicultural organizational development. He has designed CompassPoint learning cohorts that have supported several generations of social justice leaders including the Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color, the Fundraising Bright Spots, Next Generation Leaders of Color, and more recently, the Resource Mobilizer Practice Pods. Steve also supports CompassPoints’ sustainability and growth through fund development and relationship stewarding.

As a certified leadership coach and fundraising trainer, Steve believes that coaching and resource mobilization/fundraising skills are not only a profession, but are valuable competencies needed by many people in organizations and movements. He is grateful for the training and community of practice he participated in at the Grassroots Fundraising Journal and GIFT, the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training, for over a decade, as a participant, trainer, donor and board member.

Steve was born in Watsonville, grew up in Sacramento, and currently lives with his cat Kika in Oakland, where he grows lots of flowers. He volunteers as a fundraising coach and mentor for BIPOC queer trans organizers and is currently a member organizer for Third Act, a network of people over 60 who are working to slow climate change and support youth led change.