Max Steiner was born in Sacramento, California. Steiner served in the U.S. Army from 2005 to 2009 and has served in the U.S. Army Reserve. He earned a degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 2011. Steiner's career experience includes working as a diplomat with the Foreign Service and a policy analyst with the RAND Corporation.
Transition the Forest Service from USDA to the Department of Interior – where it would join the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service in managing our natural resources.