Steve Burke is the Project Director of the Urban Youth Sports Health Connection, an innovative program designed to improve the lives of Boston's urban youth by linking improved sports and recreational opportunities with better access to health care.

The Urban Youth Sports Health Connection is an initiative of Sport in Society's Urban Youth Sports program.

A graduate of Holy Cross College (where he played ice hockey) and New England School of Law, Burke parlayed his athletic, management and legal skills into a career in sports event management, marketing and grassroots athletic development.

He helped attract and manage a series of high profile events in Boston, including the NHL All-Star Game, the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, and NCAA basketball and hockey championships.

He is a board member of numerous youth sports programs, and consults on marketing and legal matters with statewide and national sports organizations such as: The Bay State Games, Massachusetts Hockey and USA Hockey.

Burke is a founder, director and coach of S.C.O.R.E. Boston, a youth hockey program that teaches the values of sportsmanship, character, respect, and life skills to hundreds of inner-city boys and girls.

He also is a director and coach in the Dedham Youth Hockey Association, and is on the board of the Dedham Education Foundation.

Burke is a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports, where he formed and chairs the Disabled Fitness Subcommittee. He also serves on the Mass. Alliance for the Promotion of Sportsmanship, a statewide education and awareness-raising effort with the MIAA, Attorney General and District Attorney's offices, as well as the Boston area professional sports teams.

Burke is a frequent commentator to local and national media on a variety of issues pertaining to youth sports and its relation to society. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, Court TV, WBZ-TV, Comcast and New England Cable News. He has also been quoted in The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Miami Herald.

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A native of Dartmouth, MA, Steve and his wife Sandra now live in Dedham, MA with their children Ashley, Amanda, Jon and Julia.