After joining the Republican Party , he became chairman of the Prince George 's County Republican Central Committee . He was a founding member of the centrist , fiscally conservative and socially inclusive Republican Leadership Council in 1993 but left in 2008 , citing disagreements over endorsing primary candidates . In 1995 , the Maryland Republican Party selected him as their Republican Man of the Year . He worked on several political campaigns , was an alternate delegate to the 1996 Republican National Convention and a delegate to the 2000 Republican National Convention . Steele 's Maryland biography identifies him as a member of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity
1996 Republican National Convention
1996 Republican National Convention
Michael Steele