Stephen Sagner

Steve Sagner is Executive Director for Regional Advancement – Metro New York, a role in which he builds philanthropic partnerships with NY-area alumni, parents, friends, foundations, and corporations in order to strengthen teaching, research, and public service at Syracuse.

He joined the university in March 2025 after almost 15 years of major and principal gift work for NYU. He also worked at Good Shepherd Services, a renowned NYC youth/family development organization, for almost a decade, and LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corp.), the nation’s largest community development financial intermediary, for 6 years. He has also consulted widely, including long engagements with Columbia and McGill Universities.

He has a BA in English literature from Columbia and an MPA in public finance from NYU. Steve, his wife Jen, and Sumo the beagle live in Westchester, and occasionally adult daughters Denali and Sarah come home to visit.