Steve is the President and founder of the Rotary Club of Newport Beach; he is the D-5320 Environmental Chair and Past President of the Rotary Club of Newport Beach Sunrise. He also chairs the Rotary Zone 26-27 water conference, “Source to Sea”
Steve was raised on an organic farm in the 60’s before there was the term organic. He was part of the Sustainability Leadership Program’s Advisory Board at the University of California-Irvine. He was President of the Newport Bay Conservancy. Steve was also appointed to Vanguard University’s “Ethics in America” Board, which honors nationally prominent individuals like John Wooden who display a commitment to ethical decision-making in their corporate philosophies and actions. His volunteerism produces results. Steve successfully lobbied for the Laguna Beach Marine Reserve. He also successfully lobbied against the failed San Onofre Nuclear Power plant with fellow activist and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr.
Steve was a founding Director for the US Green Chamber and Co-Founder of Rotary’s Global Climate Pledge program. Steve sits on the board of the Rotary Climate Action Team, he is the D5320 Director of Environmental and Sustainability Rotary Action Group and travels the globe speaking to Rotary clubs, promoting, and educating members on environmental issues and projects.
Steve is the CEO of, Sea 2 Sky Solutions, a consulting company based in Newport Beach, CA and Bocas, del Toro Panama.