Steven C. Murray is a music educator and nonprofit executive specializing in the areas of branding, technology, resource utilization and institutional advancement. Steven began his career in arts administration designing, implementing and evaluating education strategies in professional orchestras in Iowa and Missouri.

He recently completed 14 years as Executive Director of Youth Symphony of Kansas City and is a past Vice-Chair of the Youth Orchestra Division Board of Directors of the League of American Orchestras. He is an unabashed two-spacer, though insistent upon AP style in all other respects.