Steven Gray is a communications, content and marketing leader with experience building teams that deliver business results. He is currently Head of US Editorial at bp, leading a team of communicators telling the story of how the organization is transitioning into an integrated energy company. Before that, he was Communications Director/Head of Content at Meta (Facebook), leading a group of editors, writers, video producers, designers and other communicators creating content that explained the company’s tech innovations. Previously, he was a Managing Editor at JPMorgan Chase, where he led a team that created campaigns, series and projects that introduced the organization’s products, services and people to diverse audiences. Before that, he was Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Public Affairs at Laureate Education, where he built executive communications and global philanthropic programs and events, mostly in Latin America. As a consultant, he has led projects for Notion, Square, Neustar, The Washington Post, Techonomy and other organizations.

Steven began his career as a journalist. In five years at Time Inc., he worked as a TIME magazine Washington Correspondent covering the intersection of business, policy and politics; Detroit Bureau Chief; and Chicago-based reporter. For The Wall Street Journal, he covered the global food industry, including McDonald’s, Starbucks and Whole Foods, as well as Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. As a Washington Post reporter, he covered business, politics, crime, and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He has interviewed heads of government, CEOs, Aretha Franklin, Deepak Chopra, and everyday working people. He has provided analysis on MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

He graduated from Howard University and was a graduate student at the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies.