Corporate Director.
Bio
Steve is a Fellow of the CPA's of Alberta. He practiced in the area of corporate restructuring, insolvency and investigative accounting and throughout his career was involved in some of the most high profile and complex files in Alberta. He is a graduate of the University of Calgary and holds the ICD.D designation.
Steve is proud to have served the Province as Commissioner of the Alberta Public Inquiry into Foreign Funding of Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns from July 2019 - July 2021.
Steve is Past Chair of the Board of Calgary Economic Development, Chair of the McMahon Stadium Society, and is Board Vice-Chair of Neyaskweyahk Trust of the Ermineskin Cree Nation. Steve served as Chair of the Canadian Tourism Commission (now Destination Canada), Co-chair of the Calgary Poverty Reduction Initiative and Chaired the Committee to Refresh Calgary's Economic Strategy. Steve serves on the boards of three private companies, as well as on the Executive Committee of the Top 7 Over 70, which he helped to launch in 2017.
Steve is a 50 year volunteer with the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede and served as President and Chair of the Board of the Stampede, as well as Chair of the Stampede Foundation.
He is Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta and has volunteered for the Institute (now CPA Alberta) throughout his career.
Steve has been a committed member of the Rotary Club of Calgary since 1980 and served as Club President in 1994-95. He served as Governor of Rotary District #5360 and remains active with Rotary focused on early childhood literacy, youth at risk, and Indigenous relations.
Steve has served as Trustee of the Calgary Zoological Society, a Director of the Calgary Foundation, a Director of University Technologies Inc. and a member of the Committee to End Homelessness in Calgary. He also served as a Governor of the University of Calgary for five years.
Steve was invested into the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2017. He was recognized as Calgary's 'Citizen of the Year"​ for 2006, honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants and was named Distinguished Alumni of the Year by the Calgary Board of Education. He is extremely proud to be an Honorary Treaty Seven Chief, Aa-koh-hkii-to-pii-"Rides Many Horses".
A former marathoner, Steve still enjoys running, fitness, skiing, cycling, and golf.
Career Highlights
Inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence, 2017
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta (FCA), 1992
Life Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, 1993
ICAA Distinguished Service Award, 2004
Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, 2008
Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary Club), 1996
Presented with Honorary Chieftainship (Rides Many Horses) by the Five Tribes of the Treaty Seven Nations of Elbow River Camp, Stampede Park, 2005
Presented with Distinguished Service Medallion by General Rick Hillier, Chief of Defense Staff, Canadian Armed Forces, 2006
Fellow, Calgary Golf and Country Club, 2006
Named along with Vern Kimball and George Brookman as "Business Persons of the Year", 2006
Citizen of the Year, City of Calgary, 2006
Honourable Mention, Turnaround Management Association (North America), 2003
Award of Distinction, National Post Award for Business in the Arts, 2003
Listed as one of the Top 20 Expert Witnesses in Canada, LEXPERT Magazine, 2005
Recipient, Alberta Centennial Medal, 2005
Recipient, Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012
Presented with "Heart of Calgary Award" by Volunteer Calgary, 2008
Calgary Board of Education, Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award, 2009
Named by Alberta Venture Magazine as one of Alberta's 50 Most Influential People, 2010
Recipient of the CPA Education Foundation Impact Award, 2013
Recipient Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Award, 2022
Education
Institute of Corporate Directors, Directors Education Program, 2006, ICD.D
Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals (CIRP) and predecessor organizations, 1982
Trustee in Bankruptcy, 1979
Chartered Accountant, 1969
University of Calgary, 1967, B.Comm
Community
The McMahon Stadium Society, Vice Chair 2007-2012
The McMahon Stadium Society, Chair 2012-Present
Calgary Stampede Foundation, Director and Vice Chair 2007-2015
Calgary Exhibition & Stampede, Director 1994-2009
Calgary Exhibition & Stampede, Chairman of the Board and President 2005-2007
Saddledome Foundation, Director 2007-2009
Calgary Committee to End Homelessness, Member, Co-Chair Communications and Outreach Sub Committee 2007-2008
Calgary Zoological Society, Trustee 1987-1992
The Calgary Foundation, Director 1997-2006
University Technologies Inc., Director 1997-2006
Rideau-Roxboro Community Traffic Committee, Chairman 2000-2009
Whitefish Lake Lodge Homeowners Association, President 2012-2018
The Rotary Club of Calgary, Member and Past President
Rotary Stay-in-School Awards Committee, Member and Volunteer Mentor 1994-Present
Steering Committee for the Rotary Tom Jackson Indigenous Stay-in-School Program, Member 2011-2021
Rotary International District 5360, District Governor 2009-2010
Calgary Golf and Country Club, Past President
Calgary Poverty Reduction Initiative, Co-Chair 2011-2015
Project Advisory Committee for Refreshing Calgary's Economic Strategy, Chair 2013-2015
Leadership Implementation Committee, Calgary's Economic Strategy, Chair 2015-2018
Calgary Economic Development, Chair 2014-2020
Top 7 Over 70 Awards Committee, Executive Committee 2017-Present
City of Calgary Event Centre Assessment Committee, Member 2018-2021
City of Calgary Foothills Park Redevelopment Committee, Member 2019-2022
Member, University of Calgary Board of Directors 2013-2019
Vice-Chair, Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund 2018-2021
