Stephen R. Speed | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Dover, Delaware | |
| In office May 10, 2004 –July 22, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | James "Hutch" Hutchison |
| Succeeded by | Carleton Carey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 62–63) |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Lori |
| Residence(s) | Dover,Delaware |
Stephen R. Speed (born c. 1963),is a retired captain,U.S. Naval officer and politician from Dover,in Kent County,Delaware. Formerly on Dover City Council,he was elected as the non-partisan mayor of Dover,Delaware. Speed was Dover's second full-time mayor.
He resigned in July 2007 to accept a position with Delaware State University,spending eight years as the director of the Aviation Program. Speed later left DSU to pursue a career as a commercial pilot.
Speed was born in 1963. After graduation from U.S. Naval Academy in 1985,he served as an active duty navy officer from 1985 until 1994. He retired as a captain from the Navy Reserve in 2010. He received his MBA from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1993,and was self-employed as a realtor from 1994 until 2004. He and his wife,Lori,have two daughters.
Dover,Delaware operates with a council-manager form of government. The mayor and nine council members serve two-year terms and hire a city manager to manage municipal operations. Speed was elected Dover 1st District Councilman in May 2001 and was the mayor of Dover,Delaware from May 10,2004. He won reelection to a second two-year term in April 2006.
Speed resigned from office,effective July 22,2007,to accept a position as the director of the Aviation Program at Delaware State University. [1] Carleton Carey won a special mayor election held on September 18,2007,to succeed Speed. [2]
In 2010,Speed campaigned for the Kent County Levy Court as a Republican,but lost the election. [3]