Steve Majors

Steve Majors is a media trainer and executive communications coach with KNP Communications. Steve has two decades working at the intersection of media, marketing, and mission-driven advocacy.

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Steve spent a decade as a television news producer at NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC before moving into senior communications leadership at some of the country's most prominent education nonprofits—including Communities in Schools and Teach For America, where he currently serves as Chief External Affairs Officer. Earlier in his career, he directed media training and presentation capabilities at The Ehrhardt Group, a strategic communications firm serving public sector clients across education, healthcare, and government.

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Areas of Expertise

• Media Training: Preparing executives, advocates, and nonprofit leaders for high-stakes broadcast appearances, drawing on a decade of national television production experience.

• Executive Communications Strategy: Advising senior leaders on message development, brand voice, and communications alignment.

• Nonprofit & Mission-Driven Communications: Coaching communicators at education, advocacy, and social impact organizations to tell their story with clarity and conviction.

• Storytelling & Narrative: Bringing the craft of a published author and seasoned journalist to help clients find and deliver their most compelling narrative.
   

Steve is the author of High Yella (University of Georgia Press, 2021) and Man Made (University of Wisconsin Press, 2025), and a contributing essayist to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Boston Globe.