After a seven-month deployment at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar as the Logistics Readiness Officer for the 557th Expeditionary Red Horse Squadron, 1st Lt. Steven Wells has returned to his seat on Stone Mountain City Council.

A member of the U.S. Air Force for 17, years, Wells enlisted in the military in 1997 and was assigned to his first duty station in South Carolina. After serving four years active duty he joined the Air Force Reserves assigned to the 315th Civil Engineering Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, SC while at the same time attending the University of South Carolina where he earned both his Bachelor’s and Maters degrees.

In 2007 he was hired by the City of Stone Mountain as the Director of Downtown Development and was employed until 2010 when he was accepted to attend the Air Force Officer Training School where he received his commission in 2011. In 2013, Wells successfully ran for a vacated Stone Mountain City Council seat and serves as the chair of the Public Works Committee.