Steve Goldstein Biography
Steve Goldstein is a former American diplomat, government official, and businessman who served as Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior and Director of Public Affairs during the Bush Administration.
Also Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the State Department during the Trump Administration. He is also a former Dow Jones and Company Vice President, running global communications for Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal.
Steve Goldstein Public Sector Career
Goldstein spent eight years working as a press secretary and chief of staff for several members of Congress, including Manuel Lujan and Ronald Machtley. When President George H.W. Bush appointed Lujan the U.S. Secretary of Interior, Goldstein was hired to work as his spokesperson. Steve Goldstein’s official titles at the U.S. Department of the Interior were Assistant to the Secretary and Director of Public Affairs.
President Donald Trump nominated Goldstein to Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, the State Department’s top official that “leads America’s public diplomacy outreach” by “informing and influencing foreign publics and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people and Government of the United States and citizens of the rest of the world,” according to the department. Goldstein was unanimously confirmed by the Senate, and he was sworn into the position on December 4, 2017.
Shortly after President Trump dismissed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13, 2018, Goldstein released a statement that Tillerson did not know why he had been fired and that Tillerson had only learned of his firing that morning from Trump’s tweet.[15][16] Goldstein’s statement was seen as contradicting the official account of Tillerson’s dismissal, and Goldstein was fired from his position. According to Axios, Goldstein was disliked in the White House “and seen as openly anti-Trump
Steve Goldstein Private Sector Career
Goldstein served as senior vice president of BP Global Solutions.
Steve was employed at Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal, where he was vice president of corporate communications.
Goldstein worked at TIAA for seven years, serving as its executive vice president and chief communications officer. He stepped down from the position as of September 30, 2010.
Steve Goldstein is currently Chief Marketing Officer at the Long Term Stock Exchange (LTSE). It is a San Francisco start-up, which is building a new U.S. stock exchange that aims to align the interests of companies and long-term investors and improve the public company experience.
Steve Goldstein Education
Goldstein graduated from the University School of Nashville. Steve Goldstein attended and graduated from the University of Arizona, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and education. After college, he worked as a schoolteacher.