Steve Gunderson

Steve Gunderson is president and chief executive officer of the Council on Foundations. Before joining the council, Gunderson served as senior consultant and managing director in the Washington office of the Greystone Group, a Michigan-based strategic management and communications consulting firm.

The Wisconsin native represented that state for 16 years in the U.S. Congress, and he served three terms in the Wisconsin Legislature. He was the leading author of The Jobs Revolution: Changing How America Works.

Gunderson serves on the advisory board of Partners in Surgery – a philanthropic effort bringing surgery to the rural poor of Guatemala. He has served on the boards of Gallaudet University, the Mary Fisher Family AIDS Network and the Human Rights Campaign.

He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.