Today, Steve and his company are engaged to develop boards and facilitate strategic work primarily in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  He is an adjunct graduate lecturer at the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University (Boston), teaching courses in nonprofit management with focus on governance and marketing.

From 1995 to 2005, Steve served as a member of the management team at the national headquarters of the American Lung Association. His primary responsibility was to stimulate growth and development of the chapters.  Steve oversaw more than 30 chapter executive searches, working with local search committees; developed tools to assess candidates, and helped orient new executives to the American Lung Association way of doing business.  At site visits, Steve employed his “Results Checklist” to help the new executive get focused on how to approach his/her unique situation.

Steve spent 15 of his 30 years as a chapter executive.  He worked with his board to bring it to a manageable size, then to define and carry out its role in the fundraising process.  The board partnered with Steve’s staff team to design and carry out a Strategic Plan, calling for a more sharply focused set of activities and delivering results the community articulated in an open forum meeting.  This chapter grew from a $200,000 entity in 1979 to $800,000 in 1994.

In 2004, Steve joined the Steering Committee at the American Lung Association to
work on reorganization of this nationwide nonprofit.  Today, the American Lung
Association has slimmed down its layers of governance and reduced administrative
staff enabling it to deliver more mission for the dollar, and to respond more quickly
to changes in today's rapidly changing marketplace.

Steve is a 1965 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where he also earned a Master of Arts in Teaching in 1971.  He completed the American Society of Association Executives association management certificate program at the University of Delaware in 1989.  He has been a frequent speaker/presenter at conferences across the USA.  Steve served in the US Navy for four years, including a Vietnam tour aboard the USS BOSTON (CA69).

Steve is a member of the Peabody (Mass.) Rotary Club, the Peabody Chamber of Commerce, the North Shore Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the board of directors of the Salem Harbor Community Development Corporation.  He has received BoardSource training in board development, and is a member of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, the NH Center for Nonprofits, and the Nonprofit Consultants Network.  He resides in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.