Andy Roddick Foundation CEO and leadership

Steve Kuhn is the Founder of the IDEAL (Immigration Designed to Enhance American Life) Program - a transformative initiative in improving America’s socioeconomic well-being through immigration reform.

Steve’s career started as a trader working at Piper Jaffray and continued as a portfolio manager at the top financial firms in the world including Citadel and Goldman Sachs. In 2008, he joined Pine River Capital Management and became one of the most successful hedge fund managers of all time, with over $4bn AUM and annualized returns of over 30% during his fund’s 6-year fund life. During this time, he also served as Chief Investment Officer of the public company, Two Harbors Investment Corp., which grew to a market cap of $4bn+ under his leadership.

Steve has founded and is currently working with numerous charities including Charity: Water, Young Voices of Austin, the Andy Roddick Foundation. Steve currently serves as a Founding Board Member of the Immigration Justice Corps, the country's first fellowship dedicated to meeting the need for high-quality legal assistance for immigrants seeking citizenship and fighting deportation.

Steve has invested in multiple ventures, including Richard’s Rainwater - a more sustainable drinking water produced in the sky, Vemo Education - a mission-driven educational technology company focused on building the best income-based financing program for schools and students, and The Round - a dating app aiming to restore integrity and accountability to modern dating.

His current initiative, the IDEAL Program, seeks to transform US immigration by restoring immigration levels to historic highs. This program benefits America through massive economic growth, betters the lives of immigrants and current US citizens while raising the quality of life for people around the globe.

For more information about the IDEAL Program, having Steve as a public speaker, or as a guest on a podcast, please send an inquiry to steve@idealimmigration.us

Brian Stephens is a Chief Communications Officer at Andy Roddick Foundation and is based in Austin Texas Area. He studied at University of North Texas between 1990 and 1994.

Steve Kuhn is the Founder of the IDEAL (Immigration Designed to Enhance American Life) Program - a transformative initiative in improving America’s socioeconomic well-being through immigration reform.

Steve’s career started as a trader working at Piper Jaffray and continued as a portfolio manager at the top financial firms in the world including Citadel and Goldman Sachs. In 2008, he joined Pine River Capital Management and became one of the most successful hedge fund managers of all time, with over $4bn AUM and annualized returns of over 30% during his fund’s 6-year fund life. During this time, he also served as Chief Investment Officer of the public company, Two Harbors Investment Corp., which grew to a market cap of $4bn+ under his leadership.

Steve has founded and is currently working with numerous charities including Charity: Water, Young Voices of Austin, the Andy Roddick Foundation. Steve currently serves as a Founding Board Member of the Immigration Justice Corps, the country's first fellowship dedicated to meeting the need for high-quality legal assistance for immigrants seeking citizenship and fighting deportation.

Steve has invested in multiple ventures, including Richard’s Rainwater - a more sustainable drinking water produced in the sky, Vemo Education - a mission-driven educational technology company focused on building the best income-based financing program for schools and students, and The Round - a dating app aiming to restore integrity and accountability to modern dating.

His current initiative, the IDEAL Program, seeks to transform US immigration by restoring immigration levels to historic highs. This program benefits America through massive economic growth, betters the lives of immigrants and current US citizens while raising the quality of life for people around the globe.

For more information about the IDEAL Program, having Steve as a public speaker, or as a guest on a podcast, please send an inquiry to steve@idealimmigration.us