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Stephen Hershey, Jr.'s Biography

Office:

Contact Information

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

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

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