Steve Wymer

Steve Wymer is a dynamic leader with extensive experience across public, private, and non-profit sectors. In 2010, while serving as Communications Director and spokesperson in the Senate, Steve was elected President of the US Senate Press Secretaries Association, a bipartisan press organization in Congress. His move to San Jose in 2011 marked a new chapter as he led communications and corporate affairs at TiVo. Following nearly five years at TiVo, Steve joined Nextdoor, overseeing communications and policy, before serving as eBay's Chief Communications Officer and chairing the eBay Foundation from 2019. In San Jose, Steve Wymer served as Mayor Sam Liccardo's appointee to the Board of Directors for Work2Future, a job resource entity for the unemployed. Recognized as "Community Leader of the Year" by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group in 2016 and honored with CreaTV's 2018 Leigh Weimers' Award, Steve has been a steadfast advocate for downtown San Jose. He chaired the Finance Committee for Team San Jose from 2015 to 2021 and is now spearheading a large-scale annual three-on-three basketball tournament set to debut in 2025 to benefit Silicon Valley community organizations. A graduate of Washington State University, where he served three terms as student body president and championed the opening of a $40M student rec center, Steve also holds a professional certification in Business and Political Negotiations from Harvard University. Steve Wymer and his wife Michele, a partner at a DC lobbying firm and Vice Chair of the Special Olympics of Northern California, live in San Jose with their four children.