Stephen
Haterius
Title: Executive Director
Organization: National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Office Phone: 202-296-9680
Email : stephen@nasda.org
Business
1156 15th St. NW #1020
Washington, D.C. 20005
Stephen was raised in Texas on a cotton, wheat, and cattle farm in the Ericksdahl Community in Jones County. He continues to operate the family farm today. He was active in 4-H and participated in athletics while attending Stamford High School. After graduating, he attended West Texas State University in Canyon on a football scholarship receiving a BS degree in Biology and Chemistry. He went on to complete his MA degree in Biology at the University of TX at Arlington. Following college, he spent many years in the TX public schools serving as teacher and coach at several schools before completing his public education career as a school administrator in his hometown of Stamford.
In 1992, he and his wife, Virginia, moved to Arlington, VA where he spent the first three years as Special Assistant for Agriculture in the office of Representative Charles Stenholm of TX. He became Chief of Staff and Minority Staff Director of the House Agriculture Committee where he managed a staff of 30 people and a $3.5 million budget. Haterius oversaw all activities of the Committee and related offices, playing a major role in all personnel and legislative policymaking decisions for Stenholm, including the 2002 Farm Bill legislative process.In 2005 they moved to Dallas, TX where he taught Biology until returning to Washington, DC in September 2008.
.He is a lifelong member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Ericksdahl, TX. He and his wife, Virginia, live in Arlington.