Steven Macias
Executive Director
Steven Macias, a Monterey native, currently serves as the Executive Director of The Blind and Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County, Inc. He is also the founder of HelpMyResume and the Monterey County Camaros Car Club. In addition, he holds several key roles in the community: Chair of the Monterey-Salinas Transit Mobility Advisory Committee, member of the Monterey County Elections Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee, member of the Measure Q Oversight Committee and as a member of the Local Aging and Disability Action Plan Advisory Committee. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors for California State University, Monterey Bay’s Alumni Association and was a two-year Director of the Missions Trails Lions Club of Carmel.
Mr. Macias demonstrated his talent early on by designing an award-winning website at age 13 in Monterey County’s History Day, which led him to compete at the state level. By 16, he was working for the City of Monterey and a few years later, for the City of Seaside in a variety of after-school and coaching positions, leading over 170 teams with highly impressive win-to-loss ratios. In 2008, as the Junior Pee Wee Head Coach for the Seaside Raiders, one of twelve teams in the Monterey Bay Youth Football League, he received the Coach of the Year Award.
In 2011, Mr. Macias joined the Oldtown Salinas Association as the Executive Administrator, where he collaborated with City and elected officials and over 300 business owners to revitalize downtown Salinas. He Chaired the permits and vendors committee for the Second Annual Salinas Valley Food and Wine Festival and helped launch Ciclovía Salinas. Simultaneously, he worked for Mesa del Sol Vineyards, enhancing social media strategies to boost sales.
Returning to the City of Monterey in 2014 as an Office Assistant, Mr. Macias concurrently joined Santa Cruz based Smith Micro Software, Inc., working to expand the company’s online presence. By January 2015, he joined The Panetta Institute for Public Policy, quickly rising to Chief of Staff and Programs at age 29–the youngest in the Panetta Institute’s 28-year history. There, he supervised staff for the successful production of Institute programs and events and oversaw all administrative assignments while serving as Secretary Leon Panetta’s point of contact. With his six-sigma green belt and keen eye for detail, he successfully reduced staff overtime and increased event sponsorship.
In February 2019, after leaving the Panetta Institute, Mr. Macias became the Senior Administrative Assistant for the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, working closely with nonproliferation expert Dr. William Potter. After several months of employment, Mr. Macias was recruited by WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca as the Executive Administrator to the CEO, assisting with daily operations.
Currently, Mr. Macias is the youngest Executive Director in the 54-year history of The Blind and Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County. He continues to lead the Monterey County Camaros Car Club, a local chapter of car enthusiast focusing primarily on newer generation Camaros, and HelpMyResume, which caters directly to clients seeking to improve their resume and interview skills. He serves on several committees, including the Monterey-Salinas Transit Mobility Advisory Committee, the Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee for Monterey County Elections, the Measure Q Oversight Committee, and the Local Aging and Disability Action Plan Advisory Committee. He served on the board of directors for California State University, Monterey Bay’s (CSUMB) Alumni Association and was CSUMB’s featured alumni in October of 2018. He also served as a two-year Director of the Missions Trails Lions Club, a part of Lions Club International. He was featured in Monterey County Weekly’s August 2021 Car Week Magazine in the article Flexing Its Muscle.
Mr. Macias holds an Associate in Arts in Business Administration from Monterey Peninsula College and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management and International Business from California State University, Monterey Bay. He is also a graduate of Leadership Monterey County’s 2022 cohort.