Stephen Cox Email & Phone Number

Steve Cox brings 38 years of international community development and environmental management experience to his current role as Managing Director for Networks and Strategic Initiatives at the IAF. Prior to returning to the IAF in June 2011 as Vice President for Programs, Steve held senior executive positions with the Ford Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, the World Resources Institute, INCAE, and Fundación Acceso, a non-profit organization that he founded in Costa Rica. He began his career working with a Guatemalan NGO building potable water systems for indigenous communities. He has been a consultant to the World Bank, the United Nations, the Global Environment Facility, CARE, the Oscar Arias Foundation, the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, and the Pew Charitable Trusts; has been a guest lecturer at Columbia, Duke, the University of California, the University of Maryland, the University of Minnesota, and Notre Dame; and has served on several non-profit boards. He has spent more than half of his career in residence in Latin America (Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Peru, and Guatemala), and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. He has a BA in Latin American Economic Development from Berkeley and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard. He is the proud father of two adult daughters who are deeply involved in public service.In the spring of 2018, Steve will be retiring from the Foundation, to pursue other interests. At that time, he will be free to consider opportunities to work on other compelling projects.

Listed skills include Nonprofits, Community Development, Public Policy, Capacity Building, and 9 others.