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Steven Krzanowski, MA

With over 15 years of experience in higher education, nonprofit, and consulting, Steven specializes in strategic partnerships, leadership development, organizational strategy, coaching, and employee engagement. As a Senior Consultant, he partners with industry leaders to design and implement strategies that enhance organizational effectiveness, build leadership capacity, and foster high-performing, engaged teams. Steven has worked with nonprofits and associations of varying sizes across many sectors, guiding leaders to unlock their potential, strengthen decision-making, and create environments where all employees can thrive.  

Throughout his career, he has built and nurtured strong relationships that drive organizational growth and outcomes. Steven’s approach focuses on understanding client needs, fostering trust, and creating strategic partnerships that align with short-term goals and long-term success. He has experience engaging with C-suite executives, nonprofit leaders, and key stakeholders to identify opportunities and develop tailored solutions that yield organizational success and revenue growth. Consistently, he has worked on sourcing, cultivating, and sustaining partners in both for-profit and non-profit sectors.   

In his consulting role, he leverages data-driven insights and best practices to support organizations navigating complex challenges, helping them optimize talent and achieve sustainable growth. His work includes developing systems, strategic plans, and resources. Steven designs quantitative and qualitative assessments that provide critical insights for leadership teams, producing reports that measure culture, equity, and engagement. Using these findings, he develops strategic roadmaps to help organizations grow and advance their missions.  

Steven also coaches staff at all levels, helping them address unique challenges and enhance leadership effectiveness. He facilitates trainings on leadership, team effectiveness, psychological safety, supervision, inclusive practices, HR transformation, personality assessments, change management, implicit bias, microaggressions, feedback culture, DEI, and conflict management.  

Before consulting, Steven held leadership roles in two national nonprofits, supporting corporate engagement, philanthropy, DEI, and strategic initiatives. As Assistant Director at James Madison University, he designed and facilitated leadership programs for faculty, staff, and students. 

Steven earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Marymount University and a master’s in college student personnel/higher education from Bowling Green State University. Based in Southern California, he enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking, and spending time with his husband, Mark, and their three dogs—Marlene, Wally, and Stanley. 

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