Steve Hughes has 20 years of experience working as a community, union, and political  organizer in both the United States and Europe. He has managed numerous multi-faceted projects and project teams, and has been ECON’s former Network Coordinator and Strategic Advisor with the experience of building a grassroots organization from a relatively low level into an increasingly sophisticated operation through a strategic focus on board development, fundraising, and building of organizational infrastructure. Immediately prior to coming to ECON he coordinated the planning and execution of the Citizen Participation University for the last two years, and his recent work has largely centered on education and training, with a goal of developing deep leadership and increasing capacity in the organizing sector in both Europe and the United States. Originally from the United States, he has strong connections to several of the community organizing networks there, and has a particular interest in fostering ever deeper levels of exchange between the organizing sectors in both places.  He currently supports ECON’s work as Organizing consultant.