Gus Stephens comes to Strategic Economics with a background in urban sociology, GIS, and data analysis. His work at Strategic Economics leverages his geospatial analysis skills to identify and communicate critical conditions and trends—including in his interest areas of transit-oriented development and illustrating unmet community needs. Before joining Strategic Economics, Gus worked and interned at public, private, and nonprofit organizations where he gained project management, policy analysis, and bilingual (Spanish-English) interviewing skills.

Gus holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Brown University, where he specialized in Urban Sociology and Migration and Immigration. For his honor thesis, he mapped access to social and public spaces via public bus transit in Providence, Rhode Island.