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Mr. Steven Foster

Managing Partner,
Foster+Fathom
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Steven G. Foster, CMP, is Managing Partner of Foster+Fathom, a Leadership and Team-Giving Group in Dallas, TX. that provides organizations and individuals opportunities to create meaningful engagement, influence, and impact in the communities where they live, work, and meet.

His work includes the “One Man, One Motorcycle, One Mission” Leadership Initiative and “2 Guys Doing Good” Team-Giving Project, both which provide organizations and individuals a roadmap to building high-performance culture, teamwork and brand loyalty. 

An award-winning speaker, author, business consultant and bucket-filler, Steven is 32-year member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), where he has served in a variety of leadership roles at both the chapter and global level. In 2004 he was inducted into the MPI Community of Honorees; and in 2022 was named one of MPI’s Top 50 Most Influential Members.

Steven also is a Harley-Davidson LIFE Member who took a 13,000-mile solo motorcycle ride around the perimeter of the United States in 2013 to support the Boot Campaign, a national veteran’s organization where he serves as an Ambassador and Advisory Board Member. That journey is chronicled in his book, “Full-Throttle Leadership: Passion, Power & Purpose on the Edge of America.”

He also has a “Full-Throttle” resume; receiving more than 15 top industry awards. In 2000, Steven and Wendy Foster became the first husband/wife business team to earn the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation; and both have been profiled by CNN/Fortune as a Small Business Success. 

Professional Associations

National Speakers Association
2012 - Present

Honors and Awards

Best Corporate Event-Texas Rangers World Series Gala
ISES Dallas-Fort Worth
2011

Best Team-Buiding Organizer
Texas Meetings & Events Magazine
2010,2009

Colleen Rickenbacher Leadership Award
MPI Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter
2007

Event Site Professional of the Year
Event Solutions Spotlight Award
2001

Hall of Honor
Meeting Professionals International Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter (MPI D/FW)
2012

Marion N. Kershner Memorial ChapterLeader Award
MPI
2002

Meeting Planners Favorite Speakers Readers Poll
Meetings & Conventions Magazine (Leadership)
2014

Meetings & Conventions Magazine
Meeting Planners Favorite Speakers
2014

MPI Community of Honorees
MPI
2009

Presidents Award
MPI Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter (MPI D/FW)
2012,2011,2010,2004

Speaker of the Year
HSMAI Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter
2006

Supplier of the Year
MPI Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter
2000

Top 10 Inspirational Speakers
Azavista (Leadership)
2014

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