Brown's Rhode Island Battery B

Stephen Evangelista

Stephen, an American Civil War historian and author, will discuss his new book, Our Story: The Lives and Legacy of Those Who Served in Battery B First Rhode Island Light Artillery. The book has been widely received and acclaimed since its publication. It has been accepted into the Gettysburg National Park Research Library and has been endorsed and promoted by the Rhode Island Publications Society, The Adams County Historical Society, the Heritage Harbor Foundation, and the Rupp House History Center in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Our Story has also been promoted and featured on numerous programs including WINY's The Gary Osbrey Show, WPRO's The John Loughlin Show, several podcasts, and spotlighted on the Rhode Island Veterans Network. All the proceeds from his book go to support educational programs supported by the modern-day Battery B First Rhode Island Light Artillery Inc.

Stephen Evangelista is an alumna of Providence College where he graduated valedictorian as well as having attended the Harvard Extension School in Boston. Stephen is a living historian and historical interpreter. He is a member of Battery B First Rhode Island Light Artillery Inc. and serves as one of its executive officers.

He has spent the last 27 years in Federal Government service. He currently serves as the Acting Deputy Commissioner for policy and research at the Social Security Administration in Baltimore, Maryland, and has been a member of the Senior Executive Service Corps since 2013. In his current role, he serves as the principal advisor to the Commissioner of Social Security on significant policy issues and is responsible for all major activities in the areas of strategic and program policy planning, policy research and evaluation, statistical programs, and overall policy development, analysis, and implementation.

Among other professional accomplishments, he has served on the White House Data Cabinet; is responsible for creating several Social Security Administration agency-level organizations and established the first Data Sharing Community of Practice in the Federal Government. He is the recipient of numerous awards including Federal Innovator of the Year, the Commissioner’s Award for Open Government, and the prestigious Presidential Rank Award, which is the highest award a civilian federal executive can receive during their career.

In addition to his distinguished federal career, and status as a self-published author, he is also an accomplished musician and singer/songwriter. His album entitled, 'North of Now' was featured among ambient collections on Broadjam.com and he has more than 15 copyrighted musical works including an original work that is part of the permanent collection at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.

Though a native Rhode Islander, Stephen lives in Eldersburg, Maryland with his wife and two children.

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