Steve is an active U.S. Diplomat serving in West Africa and term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has lived longer in West Africa than in the U.S. and enjoys storytelling that juxtaposes worldviews from those two regions. A former strategy consultant, Steve holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Houghton University. In 2016, Steve was named Alumni of the Year by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. He is married with three daughters and co-founded Diplomat Daydream LLC with his wife in 2023. Their debut novel Dust of Niger is available on Amazon and their Instagram handle is @diplomatdaydream.
