Stephen Bauer

About Stephen Bauer

Dedicated and passionate 25-year national nonprofit executive, committed to justice and equity by practicing leadership through love, integrity, self-reflection, and coaching. Focused on creating spaces for leaders, especially women leaders and leaders of color, to thrive. Executive experience growing finance/operations/talent functions of equity/inclusion-focused organizations such as Public Allies National Office. Focusing on people, grown HR functions with an eye towards equity/justice through policy development, compensation restructure, and direct staff support. Led and grew major nonprofit sector-wide workforce and diversity initiatives including the Nonprofit Sector Workforce Coalition affording me a developed national network. My work is building infrastructure for organizations that advance justice and equity through training and leadership development.National-Level Nonprofit Executive Leadership - Focusing on clear and steady communication while monitoring and supporting staff dynamics - Served under two CEOs as Chief of Staff as well as Interim CEO for Public Allies through multiple difficult periods of financial challenge, major growth, leadership transition, and organizational restructuringTeam/Culture Building & Advocacy - Centering people while ensuring accountability to impact - Implemented bonus policy, leading salary market analysis, managed COVID guidance, advocated for more resources for staff, and ensured that spaces were inviting, welcoming, and memorable - Manage and coach people for success through deep listening and accountabilitySystems & Process Development/Implementation - Creating people-centered processes focused on effectiveness and efficiency - Creation of Annual $20M budget process including 10 different business units as well as multiple federal grant budgets ensuring department-created budgets, mutually-understood priorities, and clear communication- Worked across the organization to lead development and implantation of new grant financial management policy, process, and system for national operation as well as 25 local program sitesBridge-Building - Bringing people and organizations together to accomplish more by finding common ground - Consistently led planning of numerous gatherings of participants focused on learning, movement-building, and community-building- Founding ED of The Nonprofit Sector Workforce Coalition, recruited 70 organizations in a common agenda focusing on nonprofit workforce diversity and leadership development initiatives

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Guest House Of Milwaukee

   Mar 2024 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

   Guest House of Milwaukee provides shelter, housing, education, and services to Milwaukee\'s homeless who seek to transform their lives with dignity and purpose. Since opening our doors to provide short-term shelter in 1982, Guest House has grown to provide a full continuum of services both onsite and throughout the city, touching thousands of lives and involving the entire community. Guest House is the largest nonprofit provider of housing in the greater Milwaukee community.

Education

• Western Illinois University

  Master of Arts, College Student Personnel

  2000 — 2002

• Southeast Missouri State University

  Bachelors of Science, Computer Graphics

  1996 — 2000

• Lincoln County RIV High School

  High School Diploma

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Coalitions
• Program Management
• Research
• Nonprofits
• Grant Writing
• Leadership
• Volunteer Management
• Social Media
• Fundraising
• Coalition Building
• Recruiting
• Community Outreach
• Workforce Development
• Capacity Building
• Diversity
• Program Development
• Policy
• Inclusion
• Public Speaking
• Non-Profits
• Leadership Development