Steve

With more than 10 years of cross‐functional management experience, Steve brings a unique mix of entrepreneurship, international development and investment expertise to the team. He helped build GGV’s early social venture portfolio and more recently led the launch of GGV’s initiative to provide financing to affordable private schools throughout the developing world. Prior to joining GGV, Steve was an Investment Manager with the Omidyar Network, where he was responsible for sourcing, analyzing and managing assets in the Access to Finance portfolio. He previously spent seven years in Mexico, where he worked with a Mexican community development NGO (Amextra) and later started a for‐profit microfinance institution (Avance). Steve holds an MBA from University of California, Berkeley and a BA in International Economics from University of California, Los Angeles. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Global Social Venture Competition and sits on the board of the Silicon Valley Microfinance Network.