Steve Preston

Steve Preston is president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International, where he leads the organization’s workforce development, job training, resale, and community-impact work. He previously served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

A 10-Year Civic Campaign Aims to Turn Local Trust Into Action

At the Aspen Ideas Festival, Heather Gerken, Brian Hooks, Jane Wales and other civic and philanthropic leaders cast Be the People as a decade-long effort to counter civic isolation by reconnecting Americans with local problem-solving. Their argument is that Americans retain more trust, generosity and desire to contribute than national political narratives suggest, but need institutions, cultural messengers and community organizations that make that shared agency visible and usable.

The Aspen InstituteJun 30, 202616 min read