Steve Owens | |
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| Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | |
Assumed office
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| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Katherine Lemos |
| Member of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | |
| Assumed office February 2, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Richard J. Engler |
| Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Toxic Substances | |
| In office July 2009 – November 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | |
| In office 2003–2009 | |
| Governor | Janet Napolitano |
| Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party | |
| In office January 16, 1993 – July 15, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Minette |
| Succeeded by | Sam Coppersmith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Alan Owens August 19, 1955 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Karen Carter (m. 1988) |
| Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Education | Brown University (AB) Vanderbilt University (JD) |
Stephen Alan Owens (born August 19, 1955) is an American attorney and politician. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, he served as chief counsel and state director for U.S. Senator Al Gore before moving to the Phoenix, Arizona area during Gore's unsuccessful presidential run in 1988. He was a fundraiser for the Clinton-Gore campaign in 1992, and, from 1993 to 1995, was chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. He was the Democratic nominee for Arizona's 6th congressional district in 1996 and 1998, losing both times to incumbent J. D. Hayworth.
Owens served as director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality from 2003 to 2009 under Governor Janet Napolitano, after which he was appointed by President Barack Obama to be Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. After two years in Washington, he joined Squire Sanders (now Squire Patton Boggs) as a partner in their Phoenix office. Since February 2022, he has served as a member of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board by appointment of President Joe Biden.