GMF Cities

Paul Costello is a senior program manager for the GMF Cities program, based in the organization’s Berlin office. He leads the program’s City Directors of International Affairs (CDIA) Network, the Cities Managing Migration project, and is involved in several other projects that are part of the GMF Cities democracy work.

Steven Bosacker is Senior Vice President for Innovation and directs the GMF Cities program, which supports local-level policymakers and practitioners in North America and Europe by facilitating the transatlantic exchange of knowledge for building inclusive, sustainable, and globally engaged cities. 

Before joining GMF, Steven was the principal for public sector and partnerships at Living Cities, where he focused on finding and furthering promising practices in large city governments to improve life for low-income residents. The public-sector innovation portfolio included projects such as City Accelerator, Civic Tech and Data Collaborative, and Racial Equity Here, an initiative devoted to implementing racial equity in city government operations.