Steve Hayes has been a resident of Casa Grande since 2019 but grew up in the western suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. Before moving to Arizona, Steve lived in four different states and one Canadian province. He is married to an educator and has two sons, one of which will be a freshman at the start of the 2023-24 school year. Steve has worked for the Pinal County Adult Probation Department as a Probation Officer since 2018. Prior to that, he worked for the Coolidge Unified School District in a variety of roles to include Substitute Teacher and Paraprofessional. Steve currently serves on the City of Casa Grande's Board of Adjustment and was recently appointed by the Pinal County Board of Supervisors to serve as a member of the University of Arizona Agricultural Extension Board.