Stephen K. Benjamin
Steve Benjamin | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Senior Advisor to the President for Public Engagement | |
| In office April 1, 2023 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Keisha Lance Bottoms |
| Succeeded by | Jim Goyer (as Director of the Office of Public Liaison) |
| Director of the Office of Public Engagement | |
| In office April 1, 2023 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Principal Deputy | Jamie Citron |
| Preceded by | Keisha Lance Bottoms |
| Succeeded by | Jim Goyer |
| 70th Mayor of Columbia | |
| In office July 1, 2010 – January 4, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Coble |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Rickenmann |
| 76th President of the United States Conference of Mayors | |
| In office May 7, 2018 – July 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mitch Landrieu |
| Succeeded by | Bryan Barnett |
| Director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services | |
| In office January 13, 1999 – January 15, 2003 | |
| Governor | Jim Hodges |
| Preceded by | Stephen Bernie |
| Succeeded by | Joan Meacham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Keith Benjamin December 1, 1969 New York City, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | DeAndrea Gist |
| Education | University of South Carolina (BA, JD) |
Stephen Keith Benjamin (born December 1, 1969) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement under President Joe Biden from April 1, 2023 to January 20, 2025. Benjamin previously as Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina from July 1, 2010 to January 4, 2022 becoming the city’s first African American mayor. He has also held leadership roles in several national organizations, including serving as President of both the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the African American Mayors Association.