James Senate Office Building, Room 320
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Full Name:
Stephen S. Hershey, Jr.
Gender:
Male
Family:
Married
Birth Date:
05/02/1964
Birth Place:
Washington, DC
Home City:
Queenstown, MD
Religion:
Catholic
Attended, James Madison University
MBA, George Washington University, 2002
BCE, Civil Engineering, Catholic University of America, 1987
Minority Leader, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2023-present
Senator, Maryland State Senate, District 36, 2013-present
Minority Whip, Maryland State Senate, 2015-2020
Deputy Minority Whip, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2013
Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 36, 2010-2013
Appointed by Governor O'Malley, Maryland State Senate, District 36, September 18, 2013
Member, Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Biotechnology Committee
Member, Energy and Public Utilities Subcommittee
Member, Executive Nominations Committee
Member, Finance Committee
Member, Joint COVID-19 Response Legislative Working Group
Member, Legislative Ethics Committee
Member, Rules Committee
Former Member, Economic Matters Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates
Former Member, Executive Nominations Committee, Maryland State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health, Maryland State Senate
Former Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, Maryland State Senate
Former Member, Legislative Policy Committee, Maryland State Senate
Former Member, Rules Committee, Maryland State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Maryland State Senate
Vice President, James Lang LaSalle, 2006-present
Vice-President, Project and Development Services, Jones Lang LaSalle, 2008-2012
Vice President, The Staubach Company, 2006-2008
Assistant Secretary, Department of Natural Resources, 2004-2006
Assistant Secretary, Maryland Department of Planning, 2003-2004
Vice-President, Trammell Crow Company, 1999-2003
Director of Operations/Facilities, Planet Hollywood International, 1996-1999
Director of Tenant Coordination, Prime Retail, 1989-1996
Alternate Member, Southern States Energy Board, 2019-present
Member, Oyster Advisory Commission, 2016-present
Member, Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board, 2016-present
Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth and Families, 2014-present
Member, Upper Shore Regional Council, Board of Directors, 2014-present
Member, Maryland Offshore Wind Business Development Advisory Committee, 2013-present
Member, Bainbridge Development Advisory Board, 2011-present
Member, Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2011-present
Member, Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, Centreville
Member, Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2011-present
Member, Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology Inc., Board of Directors, 2015-2018
Member, Maryland Clean Energy Center Task Force, 2016-2017
Member, Workgroup on Rural Health Care Delivery, 2016-2017
Member, Maryland Economic Development and Business Climate Commission, 2015-2016
Member, Business Climate Works Group, 2013
Chair, Queen Anne's County Delegation, 2011-2013
Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2012
Youth Football Coach, 2006-2009
Member, Economic Development Commission, Queen Anne's County, 2002-2006
President, Queen Anne's County Republican Club, 2002-2004
Chair, Queen Anne's County Tricentennial Celebration Committee, 2004