Steve G.

About Steve G.

Independent social-impact investment advisor focusing on scaling evidence-based social innovations commensurate with unmet population needs on a financially self-sustaining basis. Experienced public, private and nonprofit executive supporting boards of directors, senior management teams, and internal- and external-facing departments, including finance, operations, HR, IT, and communications; developed productive working relationships with external supporters and detractors to achieve negotiated outcomes of contentious community issues. Deep subject-matter expertise in public procurement & contracting; regulatory authority and compliance; government operations; outcomes evaluation; and innovative population health management and higher education programs, including new business and funding models. Internationally-recognized thought leader, speaker and author on scaling social innovation, Social Impact Bonds (SIB) and Pay for Success (PFS), evidence-based interventions, and cross-sector strategic alliances.

Experience

1. Independent Social Investment Advisor

   Caffeinated Capital

   Dec 2012 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Advise foundations, nonprofits and other diverse stakeholders on innovative financing mechanisms and long-term, high-fidelity expansion planning to scale social innovation. Developed “Scale Finance” SIB model for raising mainstream investment capital to expand evidence-based programs at their maximum feasible growth rates.Provide management consulting services for discontinuous expansions of effective prevention and early-intervention programs serving opportunity youth (Lumina Foundation and Year Up), working adults seeking post-secondary credentials (Lumina Foundation and seven “completion colleges”), serious juvenile offenders (MST Services, Inc.), chronically-homeless adults (Abode Services), and high-risk patients with chronic health conditions (Greenville Health System). Advisory services include strategic planning; cost-benefit and return-oninvestment analysis; implementation planning and capacity expansion; data collection and performance management; cross-sector contracting; and outcomes-based financing.Secured and managed two “transaction structuring” sub-grants from the Social Innovation Fund to develop sustainable and replicable financing and growth models for “community paramedicine” and “completion college” programs. Advised business and clinical executives; explored partnerships with third-party payers and state regulators; recruited and managed evaluation consultants; and developed and managed project budget and work plan.

Education

• Boston College Law School

  JD, Constitutional and administrative law

  1979 — 1982

• University of Massachusetts Amherst

  BA, Economics

  1971 — 1975

• Northwestern University

  MA, Economics

  1979 — 1980