Stephen Shehadey is a third-generation dairy farmer in Fresno County.  He and seven other family members own Bar 20 Dairy and Larry Shehadey Farms.  Bar 20 Dairy has a herd of approximately 14,000 animals and milks almost 7,000 cows two times each day.  Larry Shehadey Farms grows alfalfa and silages to feed the cows, as well as almonds, pistachios, and tomatoes.  Stephen runs the dairy and farming operations for the family.  The dairy supplies milk to another family business, Producers Dairy, which distributes local dairy products throughout California.  The family operates two megawatts of solar and methane digester that produces energy from the dairy waste with a Bloom Fuel Cell.  The dairy also installed an electric Feed mixing station which runs from the renewable electricity produced by the fuel cell.  The renewable energy projects produce more energy than the dairy and farms consume.

In addition to serving as a Director for Tranquillity RCD, Stephen serves on the McMullin Area Groundwater Sustainability Stakeholder Committee, Fresno Dairy Herd Improvement Association Board, National Environmental Dairy Sustainability Committee, and Fresno State Agriculture Foundation Board.  Stephen received his BS in Business Administration-Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California.  Stephen is married to Amy and has two children, Bonney and Matthew.