Steve Lee

Steve serves as the CEO of the SkillUp Coalition, a non-profit technology platform whose vision is to end income inequality and intergenerational poverty by connecting vulnerable workers to in-demand careers through comprehensive re-skilling pathways. Since launching in July 2020, SkillUp has connected over 4 million workers without a college degree to career, training, and job support nationwide. In Steve’s earlier career, he was a corporate lawyer at O’Melveny & Myers LLP prior to founding and leading an Internet-based educational software company - ThreeToEight - to a successful exit. He subsequently worked at Bain & Company as an Associate Partner, before shifting to the social sector as Managing Director, Economic Security at the Robin Hood Foundation, and later the SkillUp Coalition. Steve is a Mentor at Techstars; a Senior Advisor at MIT Solve, the Jain Family Institute, Making Space, Sparc, Leap Fund, and United Way of Philadelphia; and a Board Member at Upsolve, FinTech4Good, and NYN Media. Steve achieved both his BA and JD from Duke University, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Steve lives in New York City with his amazing wife and family, and is an avid sports fan (sadly, of New York teams). Steve also loves Calvin & Hobbes, The Wire, grunge music (and yes, BTS).