Steve has 15 years’ experience in public policy, most spent in senior policy and management roles in the Victorian Department of Education and Training. He has extensive experience working on high-profile and complex policy and strategy. Most notably, Steve spent three years (2016-2019) as Policy Manager for Tech Schools, where he was responsible for the policy and service design for the Victorian State Government’s flagship STEM initiative. Most recently, Steve was Policy Manager for the infrastructure component of the Victorian State Government’s landmark $5 billion three-year-old kindergarten reforms. He combines his skills in policy and strategy with a clear and compelling communication style.  

Influential work 

• Evaluating a program for emerging school leaders in disadvantaged regional schools.  

• Reviewing the regulation of vocational education and training (VET) providers in Australia. 

• Supporting a Victorian university to secure funding for new energy research.  

• Assessing initial teacher education panel training for AITSL   

• Developing options for additional Commonwealth investment in social sciences research.  

Steve has a Bachelor of Arts (honours) in political science and history. He’s also the author of nine novels.