Steve's responsibilities include: leading the university's enterprise risk management strategy, overseeing the insurance portfolio, directing security services, design and development of Thompson Rivers' emergency preparedness policies and procedures, as well as oversight of the university's Occupational Health and Safety unit. Prior to TRU, Steve was Director, Risk Management at York University, in Toronto.
Steve holds the RIMS-CRMP certification, the Canadian Risk Management (CRM) and the Canadian Insurance Professional (CIP) designations.
Steve has volunteered on RIMS committees and councils for most of his professional risk management career: including the RIMS Canada Council, RIMS Board of Directors, and the Ontario RIMS Chapter.
Steve participated in the inaugural SEM working group to identify common activities of risk management professionals and was a member of original item writing groups to support what has become known as the RIMS-CRMP.
Steve has co-authored, contributed to Canadian industry publications (Canadian Underwriter) and presented at numerous RISKWORLD and RIMS Canada conferences.