Experience

• M.Cubed

  Partner

  M.Cubed provides policy analysis and resource economics consulting services to public and private sectors clients. Past projects include examining the financial implications of water conservation measures; intervening in electric and natural gas utility regulatory proceedings cases on behalf of farmers, small businesses, low-income families, and environmental organizations; conducting analyses support native American water rights claims in California and New Mexico; developing innovative programs focusing on addressing environmental equity issues as part of the development of cap-and-trade polices under California's Assembly Bill 32; and estimating the economic and fiscal consequences of a large number of proposed policies and regulations, including related to taxation, health, and child care.

• San Francisco State University

  Adjunct Lecturer

  Teach graduate- and undergraduate-level courses in policy analysis and political systems. Previously taught at Golden Gate University and Mills College.

• Office of Technical Assistance, U.S. Department of Treasury

  Budget Advisor

  Assisted with public finance reform policies in Niger and Senegal.

• Potrero View

  Publisher

  The View is San Francisco's longest running neighborhood newspaper, serving the Bayview, Dogpatch, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, and South-of-Market communities

• San Francisco Community Power

  Executive Director

  SF Power pilots innovative programs that improve local environmental and economic conditions. In particular, the organization helps small businesses and low-income families lower their utility expenses and reduce their ecological footprint; and provides policy makers with demonstrative ways to solve complex resource issues. SF Power has trained and employed dozens of individuals as energy, water, and climate change auditors/installers; saved low-income families and small businesses millions of dollars in lower utility bills; and helped close two polluting power plants.

• Agahozo Shalom Youth Village

  Modeled after the villages developed for orphans in Israel after World War II, ASYV provides a comprehensive approach to transforming orphan youth in Rwanda into future leaders. Steven is currently leading efforts to develop for-profit enterprises to provide training and jobs to Village graduates, and contribute to the nonprofit's financial sustainability. Past successes include helping to site a large photovoltaic field in Rwanda; current efforts focus on developing affordable housing in Kigali.