Stephanie Anne Hilferty (born November 1985) is the
Republican
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member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives for District 94 in
Orleans and
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parishes. She is a commercial real estate sales and leasing agent with SRSA Commercial Real Estate in Metairie, Louisiana.
Politics
In the
primary election held on October 24, 2015, Hilferty unseated fellow Republican Representative
Nicholas Lorusso, 6,866 votes (56.2 percent) to 5,343 (43.8 percent). She carried the backing of ''
Gambit
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the Times-Picayune
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'', Greater New Orleans Republicans (GNOR), Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee (OPREC), and former Louisiana Republican Party Chairman
Roger F. Villere Jr. Lorusso had held the seat since 2007.
In the Louisiana House of Representatives, Hilferty sits on the following three committees: 1) Commerce, 2) Education, and 3) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
She is a member of the Jefferson Parish Legislative Delegation, the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus, the Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation, and the Orleans Delegation.
Louisiana House District 94
Louisiana House District 94 includes 27 precincts in Orleans Parish and 12 precincts in Jefferson Parish. The Orleans Parish portion of District 94 includes the
Lakeview neighborhood,
New Orleans City Park
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, the
Lakeshore neighborhood, the
Lake Vista neighborhood, and parts of the
Lake Terrace and
Mid-City neighborhoods. The Jefferson Parish portion of District 94 includes part of the Bucktown neighborhood and also neighborhoods between West Esplanade and
Lake Pontchartrain
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from the
17th Street Canal
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to the Suburban Canal.
Personal life
Hilferty graduated from
St. Mary's Dominican High School (2003) and
Loyola University New Orleans (2007) where she graduated summa cum laude with a double major in English and psychology. At Loyola, Hilferty served as the president of the University Programming Board. Stephanie also was a member of the
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.
Following her graduation from Loyola University, Hilferty started as a sales and leasing associate at SRSA Commercial Real Estate. At SRSA, Hilferty has represented a variety of national, regional and local tenants in office and retail. In 2016, Biz New Orleans named Hilferty one of the "Top Ten Influencers" in the residential and commercial markets.
Throughout her career, Hilferty has been a member of the Commercial Investment Division of New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, X Team International (retail real estate brokerage group), and Urban Land Institute, where she served as the Young Leaders chair. She previously was the president of the Lake Vista Property Owners Association.
Hilferty is married to Michael Lillis and they live in New Orleans' Lake Vista neighborhood with their two children.
Awards
2007 Pattie Doll award for the most outstanding undergraduate psychology student (Loyola University, New Orleans)
2011 Highest First Time Recipient Award from the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors
2015 Loyola Young Alumna of the Year award by the Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association's Young Alumni Pack
2018 Legislative Champion for the United Way of Southeast Louisiana
2018 Gold Achievement Award - Commercial Investment Division (CID) of the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of REALTORS®
[https://www.nomar.org/cid-awards/annual-awards.html]
References
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1985 births
Living people
People from New Orleans
Republican Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Louisiana
Women in Louisiana politics
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians