Pew Names Steve Ganey as Senior Vice President for Strategy

WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the selection of Steve Ganey as senior vice president for strategy, effective Nov. 1. In this role, Ganey will lead Pew’s strategy portfolio, which is responsible for enhancing the organization’s efforts to generate ideas for new projects and larger bodies of work, strengthening the design of program strategies and initiatives, and ensuring that Pew’s programs are guided by and able to produce credible, appropriate, and high-quality research. The portfolio also uses evaluation to improve program performance, inform decision-making about Pew’s programs, and support learning. Ganey, who has been with Pew since 2007, currently serves as a vice president in the environment division.

“Steve is deeply experienced with Pew’s global portfolio of programs and partnerships. His promotion recognizes his skill and foresight in building thoughtful, collaborative, and impactful initiatives,” said Michael Caudell-Feagan, Pew’s executive vice president and chief program officer. “Importantly, Steve has demonstrated a commitment to building and operating programs and teams as a leader who has embraced new opportunities while being guided by Pew’s institutional values.”

“My time at Pew has coincided with an era of growth and change for the institution,” said Ganey. “Pew is an incredibly dynamic organization, and I’m excited to support current and future initiatives across all areas of our programmatic work.”

Ganey will work alongside Les Baxter, Pew’s current senior vice president for strategy, until Baxter’s retirement in January.

Before joining Pew, Ganey headed the Regional Marine Conservation Project, for which he provided strategic direction and oversight for a variety of U.S. marine conservation projects; was a senior staff member for the Pew Oceans Commission; and served as a fisheries conservation specialist and campaign manager for the Alaska Marine Conservation Council. He holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology-anthropology from Ripon College and a master’s in environmental studies from The Evergreen State College.