Michael Steinback is executive director of Detroit CARES, an affiliate of the National CARES Mentoring Movement that was founded in 2006 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Steinback has been with Detroit CARES since 2013, previously serving as a program administrator, trainer, coach, and mentor. He was also a founding member of Oakland Bay Area CARES.

Steinback’s career has expanded internationally, including through community organizing training and deliberative dialogue work across the U.S. and in Nairobi, Kenya. He’s served on several national boards centering youth, mental health, and public policy.

Steinback is also the Director of Enterprise Risk Management for the Julian C. Madison Building complex, a historic landmark and one of the few Black-owned and operated office buildings in downtown Detroit. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Santa Clara University and has held positions in risk management, economic development, small business consulting, and commercial bank and community lending for several financial firms in California.