STEPHEN D. BLOOM
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer of the Portland Japanese Garden since 2005, Steve
Bloom’s background and experience lies in dynamic management and
stewardship of diverse, complex, and exceptional non-profit organizations.
Steve was a 2008-09 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in
Japan, sponsored by Hitachi, Ltd. and concurrently served as Visiting Scholar at
Tokyo University of Agriculture. Most recently he served as President of the
Honolulu Symphony (2000-2005) and prior to Honolulu, showed early success at
the age of 27 when he served as Executive Director of the Tacoma Symphony
(1996-2000).
Steve received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education in 1991 from the State
University of New York’s Crane School of Music, and in 2003 was a recipient of a
Social Innovation Fellowship to attend the Stanford University Graduate School
of Business executive education program on non-profit management. He
currently serves as a member of the Friends of the US–Japan Council in
Washington D.C., as the Vice President of the Portland-Sapporo Sister City
Association, on the Board of the Japan America Society of Oregon, and has
served as founding President of the North American Japanese Garden
Association Board of Directors, on the Board of Regents of Chaminade
University Honolulu, as the President of the Washington State Arts Alliance, and
as the Chairman of the Washington Park Alliance. Steve was the recipient of the
2013 Oregon Heritage Tourism Award given at the statewide Governor’s
Conference on Tourism. In 2004, Steve was the recipient of the Pacific Business
News “Forty under 40” award, recognizing young business leadership, and
received a commendation from Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle for community
service. Other professional positions have included employment with the
Buffalo Philharmonic and the Sacramento Symphony.
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