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MICHAEL S. STEELE, Lt.Governor (Republican)
Lt. Governor Michael S. Steele, January 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2003-. Chair, Cabinet Council on Business, Economic Development, and Transportation, 2003-. Chair, Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 2003-. Chair, State House Trust, 2003-. Chair, Governor's Commission on Minority Business Enterprise Reform, 2003. Chair, Governor's Commission on Quality Education, 2004-. Member, State Planning Committee for Higher Education, 2004-; Governor's Subcabinet for International Affairs, 2005-.
Member, National Commission on Federal Election Reform, 2001. Board of Visitors, U.S. Naval Academy, 2002-.
Born October 19, 1958. Attended Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington, DC; The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. (international relations), 1981; Augustinian Friars Seminary, Villanova University; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1991. Attorney (corporate securities). Founder, The Steele Group (business & legal consulting firm). Board of Trustees, The Johns Hopkins University, 1981-85. Associate, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, 1991-97. Member, Prince George's County Maryland Black Republican Council, 1992. Chair, Prince George's County Republican Central Committee, 1994-2000. Chair, Maryland State Minority Outreach Task Force, 1995-97. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2000, 2004 (alternate, 1996). Chair, Republican Party State Central Committee, 2000-02. Executive Committee, Republican National Committee. Member, Prince George's County Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Knights of Columbus; The Johns Hopkins Society of Black Alumni. Former member, Board of Trustees, The Johns Hopkins University. Host, "Lunchtime with Maryland's GOP" (WOLB radio). Man of the Year, Maryland Republican Party, 1995. Member, Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity. Pastoral Council, Archdiocese of Washington, 1996-99. Citizen of the Year Award, Maryland State Council, Knights of Columbus, 2003. Republican of the Year, Prince George's County Republican Central Committee, 2003. Citizen of the Year, Prince George's County Board of Trade, 2003. Community Leadership Award, Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, 2003. President's Award, Johns Hopkins Society of Black Alumni, 2003. Award of Excellence, Fulwood Foundation, 2004. Parren J. Mitchell Award, National Black Chamber of Commerce, 2004. James Cardinal Hickey National Figure Award, Office of Youth Ministry & Catholic Youth Organization, Archdiocese of Washington, 2005. Award, Bethune-DuBois Institute, 2005. Member, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Landover Hills. Married; two sons.
From The Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Steele earned his bachelor's degree in international relations in 1981, and from the Georgetown University Law Center, his law degree in 1991. He also attended the Augustinian Friars Seminary at Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania, in preparation for the priesthood.
Mr. Steele has worked untiringly in the political arena since 1978. In December 2000, he was elected Chair of the Maryland State Republican Party, the first African American to be elected Republican State party chair in the United States. Mr. Steele also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee. From 1994-2000, he served as Chair of the Republican Central Committee for Prince George's County, Maryland, the first African American to hold that position. He was one of the front-runners for the office of Lieutenant Governor in 1998. Michael was also a candidate for Comptroller of Maryland in 1998. He has served as an advisor to campaigns of fellow politicians and has held membership in several political organizations: Prince George's County Maryland Black Republican Council (1992); Maryland State Republican Party Victory Campaigns; Treasurer/Advisor Michele Dyson for Congress (1994); Chair, Maryland State Minority Outreach Task Force (1995-1997); Alternate Delegate to the 1996 Republican Party National Convention, San Diego, California; Delegate to the 2000 Republican Party National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Honorary Co-Chair, Truth in Taxation Committee (1996); Chair, Term Limits Coalition (2000). In 1995, he was selected Maryland State Republican Man of the Year.
Mr. Steele’s community and national affiliations include his appointment by President George W. Bush in 2002 to the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy. In 2001, he served on the National Commission on Federal Election Reform. Other affiliations include service on the NAACP’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Election Reform, the Board of Directors of The Hospice of the National Capital Area, and membership in the Knights of Columbus, the Prince George's County Chapter of the NAACP, and the Johns Hopkins Society of Black Alumni. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of The Johns Hopkins University.
Currently, Mr. Steele hosts "Lunchtime with Maryland’s GOP", a radio program on WOLB (1010AM) in Baltimore. He also has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher", "Metro Talk," "That Show With Those Black Guys," "The Joe Madison Show," "Extra," "Capitol Sunday" and "BET Tonight". In addition, he has written numerous columns and editorials for the Washington Times, the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, and the Journal Newspapers.
Mr. Steele is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Landover Hills, Maryland, which he attends with his wife, Andrea, and their two sons, Michael and Drew. In June 1998, Mr. Steele was honored by his Church community as Man of the Year. In 2005, he was chosen by the President to be part of the U.S. delegation at the investiture of Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City on April 24, 2005.
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