Profile

Steve Blewitt is the Co-Founder and Manager of Youth.Work.Connect., a mission-based organization that focuses on building career networks through youth employment. 

Previously, Steve was the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Private Markets at Manulife Investment Management. In this role, Steve was responsible for leading global investment teams across a wide range of asset classes, including private equity and credit, real estate, infrastructure, timber, and agriculture. Steve has served as a director of many public and private companies during his career, including two of Manulife’s U.S. SEC-registered investment advisors. At Manulife, he was also Co-Executive Sponsor of Valuing the Inclusion of Black Experiences (“VIBE”), an employee resource group and Chair of the Private Markets Sustainable Investment Committee. Steve is presently a board member of the Institute for NonViolence Chicago and has previously served as a member and Chair of the Town of Reading’s (MA) Finance Committee, a member of Americare’s Leadership Council, and is a life-long blood donor. Steve received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago, his M.B.A. from the Questrom School at Boston University, and was a 2023-24 Fellow in the University of Chicago's Leadership & Society Initiative.