Steve Stumbris

Steve Stumbris has served as Director of the Bucknell SBDC since 2012. Under his leadership, the center was recognized by the US Small Business Administration with the SBDC Excellence and Innovation Award for Pennsylvania.

Steve helped launch Startup Lewisburg and Startup Danville, business incubators for startups in local communities, and founded BizPitch, Bucknell University’s student startup competition. He is a community organizer for One Million Cups Susquehanna Valley, a program that empowers and connects entrepreneurs throughout a broad rural region. He serves on the boards of the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation, Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Lewisburg Downtown Partnership and advises the Greater Susquehanna Keystone Innovation Zone.

Steve holds a Master of Professional Studies in Community and Economic Development from Penn State University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Before his work in entrepreneurial economic development, he held a variety of roles in product development, design engineering, and manufacturing in central Pennsylvania and Virginia. He is the proud parent of students enrolled at Rochester Institute of Technology and Emory University.