Steve Freedkin is the founder and publisher of Progressive Portal <http://www.progressiveportal.org>, a Web resource that serves as a starting-point for social activism. It began operation May 15, 2001. (The Web site and Steve have the same birthday.) He also produces newspapers for two San Francisco-area labor-union locals, and does freelance Web-site development and maintenance.

Steve served for seven years (until February 4, 2008) as a member, and three years as Chairperson, of the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission, an appointed government advisory body, which led to two appearance ons national television and several speaking tours in Japan.

Steve has worked extensively in the issue areas of environmental protection, international relations, and social and economic justice. Positions he has held include Operations and Finance Director of an international peace-and-environment policy institute; Administrator of a consulting firm promoting affordable housing; Proprietor of a fundraising consulting enterprise and of a typographic and editing service; Editor and Publisher of the Michigan Peacemaker magazine; Chair of the Earth Day Committee and the Ethnic Diversity Task Force in Santa Barbara, CA; the staffperson for the Central Michigan chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (East Lansing), and Executive Director of the following groups: Peace Resource Center of Santa Barbara, Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (Lansing), and Free Environment, Inc. (Iowa City, IA). He also has experience in news reporting for radio, television, and print media. Steve was born in Chicago, IL.

Steve has an extensive background in fundraising, public relations, computers and graphic arts, writing and editing, training and teaching, and organizational management. He studied at the University of Iowa, with a dual major in Journalism and Environmental Affairs and a minor in Psychology.

Updated 31 May 2008

Full résumé: http://www.progressiveportal.org/steve/resume.html