Bice, Stephanie, 1973-

<p>Stephanie Irene Bice (née Asady, Persian: اسدی‎; born November 11, 1973) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Bice is the first Iranian American to be elected to Congress. She represented the 22nd district in the Oklahoma Senate from 2014 to 2020.</p>

<p>Bice was born in Oklahoma City to an American mother, Paula Sue Vanhooser, of Dutch heritage, and an Iranian American father, Hosein "Joe" Asady. Asady came to America at a young age to study computer science. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1973, and became an American citizen in 1975. Asady is the Founder/CEO of a network technology company.</p>

<p>After graduating from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's degree in marketing and a minor in international business, Bice worked for eight years in financial oversight, business strategy and marketing for her family's technology company in Oklahoma City. She later helped lead a boutique digital marketing agency in Oklahoma City as vice president of business development.</p>

<p>Congresswoman Stephanie Bice is a fourth generation Oklahoman, born and raised in Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District. She graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1995 with a degree in Marketing and International Business.</p>

<p>Prior to her election to Congress, Bice served in the Oklahoma State Senate for six years. During her tenure, she was Assistant Majority Floor Leader and Chair of the Senate Finance Committee.</p>

<p>Before her public service, Bice worked in the private sector for eight years in financial oversight, business strategy and marketing for her family's technology company. In addition, she ran her own marketing company, and later helped lead a boutique digital marketing agency as vice president of business development.</p>

BICE, Stephanie I., a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla., November 11, 1973; graduated from Putnam City High School, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1991 ; B.A., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., 1995; marketing executive; member of the Oklahoma state senate, 2014-2020; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021–present).