FORA.tv Speaker - Steve Zuckerman

Steve is the founder and managing director of Self-Help's California Office. Self-Help is one of the nation's leading Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) committed to creating and protecting ownership and economic opportunity for people of color, women, rural residents, and low-wealth families and communities.

After working for Self-Help shortly after its founding (1984-85) and serving on its board for most of the next 20 years, Steve rejoined Self-Help in 2006 to launch its Oakland office which, among other things, is now leading an effort to develop and launch an innovative credit union micro-branch model designed specifically to serve low income communities.

Steve spent much of his career in the private/financial sector, including 15 years with McCown De Leeuw & Co., a middle market leveraged buyout firm based in Menlo Park, CA, His experience prior to that includes consulting with Bain & Company and investment banking with Morgan Stanley. Steve earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA in economics and mathematics from Yale University.