Steve Barrow
Policy Director

Steve Barrow has worked for over 30 years in the health and human service arena in California, primarily with a focus on policy development, systems change, and building state and local policy and issue based coalitions and collaboratives. During this time Steve has served as the governmental and legislative director or advocacy/legislative committee Chair for a variety of organizations including: California Common Cause, University of San Diego’s Children’s Advocacy Institute and Center for Public Interest Law, California Coalition for Children’s Safety and Health, California Immunization Coalition, California Children’s Advocates Roundtable, California Adolescent Health, California Dental Health Foundation’s Advisor Committee. He has served on the Board of Directors or Advisory Boards of many of those same groups and for other well recognized policy settings such as California Budget Project, California Consortium for the Prevention of Child Abuse, California Department of Social Services Office of Child Abuse Prevention and others. He has experience with California’s foundation world, having been a senior Policy Officer for Sierra Health Foundation. Currently Steve is the Executive Director for the California Premature Infant Health Coalition. His work is based out of Results Strategies & Advocacy Institute, a consulting setting he founded and where he continues to serve as the Director. Professionally he is known for his work as a governmental affairs and legislation director, strategic planner, facilitator, results based evaluation planner and trainer, grant writer, financial planner and organizational development coach. He is married to Guillermina (Alexis) Esparza, has five children, has been a soccer coach for more than 16 years, and lives in the Sacramento area.