Steve Schewel

Steve Schewel
Mayor of Durham, North Carolina
In office
December 4, 2017 – December 2021
Preceded byBill Bell
Succeeded byElaine O'Neal
Member of Durham City Council
In office
2011–2017
Vice Chair of the Durham Public School Board
In office
2004–2008
Personal details
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLao Rubert
Children2
Alma materDuke University (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Duke University (PhD)
Profession
  • Politician
  • academic
  • businessman

Stephen M. Schewel (born 1951) is an American politician, businessman, and academic. A Democrat, he is the former Mayor of Durham, North Carolina and formerly served on the Durham City Council and as the Vice Chair of the Durham Public School Board. Schewel is also a faculty member at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and a former faculty member at North Carolina Central University. He founded the weekly newspaper Indy Week in 1983, and served as its president until he sold the paper in 2012. In 2010 he co-founded the Hopscotch Music Festival.