Steve Gamer

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Senior Management

BIO

I’ve spent my career helping individuals, families, corporations, and foundations achieve their philanthropic goals. Foundation donors bring boundless energy and creativity to their philanthropy. Helping them maximize their impact is a joyful experience and inspires me to ensure their philanthropy leaves a lasting legacy for them and their families.

Steve Gamer joined The Foundation in August 2016 with more than 25 years of experience working with individuals, families, corporations, and foundations to help them achieve their philanthropic vision. He has extensive experience managing and successfully implementing large advancement campaigns. Steve came to The Foundation following more than a decade in senior development roles in higher education, including UCLA and UCSD, contributing to those teams’ efforts to increase philanthropic support for education and health care. He began his career working at Jewish Federations in Madison, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, master’s degree in Jewish communal service from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and master’s in public administration from the University of Southern California. Steve and his wife Stephanie live in Los Angeles and have three children.

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