Stephanie Garrett-Stearns
Education
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
Executive Education, Business Management Institutue 2007-01-01 - 2008-01-01
Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School
M.B.A., Strategy 1999-01-01 - 2001-01-01
Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business
B.A., Human Resources Management 1992-01-01 - 1997-01-01Work Experience
The Community Builders, Inc.
Current
The Community Builders, Inc.
City of Boston
2021-02-01 - 2021-11-01
City of Boston
Siemens
2003-01-01 - 2012-01-01
Siemens
Committee to Elect Tito Jackson
2009-07-01 - 2009-09-01
Committee to Elect Tito Jackson
Accenture
2000-01-01 - 2000-01-01
Accenture
United States Steel Corporation
1997-01-01 - 1999-01-01
United States Steel Corporation
Skills
Summary
Stephanie Garrett-Stearns is Vice President of Communications and Fund Development for The Community Builders, a mission-driven housing organization, where she leads communications and fundraising strategy and program execution. Garrett-Stearns was previously Chief Communications Officer for Boston Mayor Kim Janey, leading a dynamic team of press, digital media, speechwriting, and photography professionals for the city's first woman and first Black mayor. Garrett-Stearns' private sector experience includes serving as Head of Public Relations and Chief Corporate Spokesperson for the Siemens division, Osram Sylvania. Garrett-Stearns holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a bachelor’s degree in human resources management from Michigan State University. An alumna of The Partnership, Inc. Next Generation Executive program for professionals of color, she also completed the Business Management Institute at Cornell University. She is a volunteer and board member for several nonprofit organizations, including the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC), the Boston Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. A native of Flint, Michigan, Garrett-Stearns is an active member of Union United Methodist Church in Boston's South End. She lives in the City’s West Roxbury neighborhood with her husband and daughter.
