Stephen Jordan

Stephen Jordan is the founder and executive director of the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC), the corporate citizenship affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Stephen leads BCLC's engagement with a broad spectrum of companies, chambers of commerce, government agencies, and non-profit organizations in the United States and overseas. He has worked on numerous U.S. and global development and disaster recovery challenges including Katrina, Cedar Rapids, the Southeast Asia Tsunami, and the Haiti earthquake.

In addition to his work at BCLC, Stephen currently serves on the U.S. National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Board of Governors of the Corporate Responsibility Officers’ (CRO) Association and the New World Institute. Stephen is also a Caux Round Table fellow.

Previously, Stephen served as executive director of the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America from 1997 to 1999. In the private sector, he has worked in the publishing industry and has a background in strategy, marketing, and new product development. He began his professional career as a legislative assistant for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Stephen holds an M.B.A. from Georgetown University and an M.A. in Political and Social Thought from the University of Virginia, with accompanying academic honors from both institutions. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honor society.