Steve McCoy-Thompson has 30 years of collaborative leadership with corporations and nonprofits in sustainable community development. Steve is Executive Director of Gratitude Network, which provides over 200 nonprofits around the world with advanced leadership development, business training and peer networking.

He is also co-founder of Three Valleys Community Foundation and has served as executive director for several nonprofits. He has also served in senior positions with Bechtel Corporation and Deloitte Consulting, providing management consulting to large companies and governments around the world. Throughout, he’s enjoyed working alongside great community leaders in over 50 countries, including long-term posts in China, India and Togo, West Africa.

He has published four books on a range of topics and is actively involved in the community of Pleasanton, CA where he and his wife raised a wonderful family. He has is a graduate of Tufts University's Fletcher School Law and Diplomacy and Duke University, where he also studied at Beijing and Nanjing University.