Steve Birdine is a diversity educator, motivator, and risk taker. He has given keynote addresses and facilitated workshops and seminars at over 100 institutions, conferences, and businesses nationally. His passion for academic excellence, student motivation, diversity education, and leadership development has led him to be an inspiration and to seek innovation in dealing with longstanding historical issues impacting people of color. This Chicago native earned two degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before embarking on a fifteen-year career as a higher education administrator. His personal honors include a four-year listing in Ebony Magazine (2002-2005) as "One of America's 100+ Most Influential African-Americans."
