Steve Swayne

Steve Swayne is the Director of St. Francis Springs Prayer Center, a role he started in October 2019. He was first introduced to St. Francis in 2012 on a silent retreat. Throughout life, he has traversed the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. He currently owns three businesses - a social media marketing company (Yip Yip), a landscape company (Wright Property Services), and a construction cleaning company (DKA Cleaning Services). Before these ventures, Steve was the Director of StepUp Ministry for 9 years. StepUp teaches job and life skills to unemployed adults in Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington, and Durham, NC. It places more than 700 adults annually in employment. Before StepUp, Steve ran and sold a publishing company called By Design Publishing from 2004-2008. From 2000-2004, he operated a Young Life camp in Central Oregon, and from 1992-1999, he worked in the NBA as a Marketing/Community Relations Director for two NBA basketball teams. Steve graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1992. Steve resides in Raleigh with his wife, Laura, and their four children.