Sam Hiersteiner brings more than 15 years of cross-sector leadership experience spanning public affairs and social impact. Prior to joining iCivics, he was the Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Partner at New Profit, the leading venture philanthropy funder, where he built and led the communications function, provided support to dozens of social entrepreneurs in the New Profit community, and managed the organization’s long-term, catalytic collaboration with Deloitte. In his previous role as Vice President at the Glover Park Group (now FGS Global), he co-led a consulting portfolio focused on nonprofits and foundations. He started his career at Burson-Marsteller, serving a pioneering ESG consulting group.
He is a published food and cookbook writer whose work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Art of Eating, and many other publications. He also serves on the board of Gaining Ground, a nonprofit farm that works to alleviate food insecurity in eastern Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and three children.
