Steven Shum

Steven Shum has dedicated more than 25 years as a housing and community development professional, working with nonprofit, for-profit, public sector, and foundation partners to create and operate high-quality affordable and supportive housing. From 2006 to 2019, Steven served as Senior Program Manager and then Associate Director for the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), a national nonprofit intermediary organization committed to advancing a model of housing and services to improve the lives of the most vulnerable. He oversaw CSH’s Northern California office, providing consulting, training, systems change and lending support to community-based organizations and public agencies to develop and operate more than 4,000 units of supportive housing for individuals and families with histories of homelessness, long-term physical and behavioral health issues, social services and justice involvement. Prior to CSH, Steven served as Senior Associate with ICF International’s Housing and Community Development Practice, Planning and Development Associate with LifeLong Medical Care, and Founding Director of the LGBT Resource Center at UC Riverside. Steven has a Master’s of City Planning from UC Berkeley, and a BA in English and Communication Studies from UCLA.