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American businesswoman
Stephanie Stuckey
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 85th district
In office
January 10, 2005 – January 14, 2013
Preceded byJohn P. Yates
John Lunsford
Succeeded byKarla Drenner
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 56th, Post 1 district
In office
January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2005
Preceded byNan Orrock
Succeeded byKathy Ashe
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 67th district
In office
January 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003
Preceded byMike Polak
Succeeded byMike Coan
James Mills
Personal details
Born (1965-12-25) December 25, 1965 (age 59)
Eastman, Georgia, US
Alma materUniversity of Georgia (BA, JD)
OccupationCEO of Stuckey's

Ethel Stephanie Stuckey (born December 25, 1965) is an American businesswoman and former politician from Georgia. She is currently the CEO of Stuckey's Corporation. Stuckey served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1999 to 2013.

Early life and education

The daughter of former Georgia Congressman Williamson Sylvester Stuckey, Jr., spent her early life in Washington, D.C. Stuckey attended the University of Georgia and earned a B.A. in French in 1989. In 1992 Stuckey earned a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Career

Stuckey worked as legislative aide and attorney to Georgia Senator Mary Margaret Oliver while building her own practice. In 1998, Stuckey ran her first successful political campaign representing Dekalb County in Georgia's House of Representatives until 2013.

During the 2000 presidential election, Stuckey was a Georgia state co-chair of GoreNet. GoreNet was a group that supported the Al Gore campaign with a focus on grassroots and online organizing as well as hosting small dollar donor events.

After 14 years in the Georgia House of Representatives, Stuckey announced in 2012 that she would not seek re-election, instead taking a position as Executive Director of GreenLaw, an environmentally focused law resource center in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 2015, Stuckey was appointed by Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed to be Director of Sustainability for the City of Atlanta and then to the position of Chief Resilience Officer.

In late 2019, Stuckey purchased Stuckey's Corporation - the iconic roadside stop famous for its pecan candies and kitschy souvenirs that her grandfather founded in 1937 - for $500,000 and became the third-generation CEO of the family business. She stated that the motivating factors for purchasing the company were an emotional attachment to the family brand along with the desire to make Stuckey's both profitable and a household name again. At the time she purchased Stuckey's, the company was operating at a deficit and had only 13 original free-standing stores in 10 states that still sported the signature sloped original teal roofs in addition to around 65 licensed Stuckey's Express store-within-a-store locations.

Within six months, Stuckey restored Stuckey's to profitability, thanks in part to a shift in focus from licensed Stuckey's store locations to the company's classic line of candies. She also expanded the brand back into candy manufacturing with the purchase of a pecan shelling and candy plant in Wrens, Georgia in January 2021. Candy and nut sales have increased to almost 50% of the company’s revenue stream as the brand expands to more national retail locations.

In addition to a modest store growth and candy manufacturing and sales, Stuckey shared how promoting pecans and supporting the vision of the "great American road trip" are also a vital part of Stuckey's Corporation growth. As a result, Stuckey hopes to eventually own a handful of Stuckey’s interstate stores to revive the original premise behind the company as a “roadside oasis” while continuing to build up the pecan side of the business to secure its future for another 85 years.

Works

References

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  5. Communications and Public Relations, Office of (2013-08-01). "August 2013 E-newsletter Alumni Spotlight: Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, Executive Director for GreenLaw (J.D.'92)". Profiles of Members of the Law School Community.
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Georgia House of Representatives
Preceded byMike Polak Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 67th district
1999–2003 		Succeeded byMike Coan
James Mills
Preceded byNan Orrock Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 56th district, Post 1
2003–2005 		Succeeded byKathy Ashe
Preceded byJohn P. Yates
John Lunsford 		Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 85th district
2005–2013 		Succeeded byKarla Drenner
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