Ben Stewart, a Tulsa native, is a senior program officer and managing director who works on talent initiatives at GKFF. Prior to joining GKFF in 2010, Stewart worked in venture capital for the Oklahoma Life Sciences Fund, lived abroad in Argentina and worked with social entrepreneurship groups Ashoka and Endeavor. He is a 2007 graduate from the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma with bachelor's degrees in international business, entrepreneurship and Spanish.