Steve Parsons is currently the CEO Corporate Div. , Eskasoni First Nations which is nestled on the beautiful Bras D`or lakes in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Steve graduated from Memorial University – St John`s, NF in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education. Steve started his working career with Shoppers Drug Atlantic Office as a Loss Prevention Retail Coordinator. Over the years 1991- 2000 Steve was promoted to the level of District Coordinator responsible for the profitability of twenty SDM franchises in both Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
Since 2001, Steve has worked within the First nation community of Eskasoni both as a secondary teacher delivering business curriculum courses and as an economic development consultant. Since 2003, Steve was responsible for project management of the newly built Kiknu Long Term Care facility, Eskasoni Communications Inc. ( ISP), Eskasoni Renewables Ltd and Eskasoni Cold Logistics, along with numerous national retail chains/ commercial contracts.
In 2008 and again in subsequent 4-year terms of 2012 and 2016 Steve was elected to the Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board district 3 as a board trustee holding the position of vice chair and Chairman. In 2020 and again in 2024, Steve was elected as Cape Breton Regional Municipality District 7 councillor for a four-year tenure.
Steve also served as a board member on several companies and foundations including the Cape Breton University Board of Governors, Cape Breton Partnership, Sydney & Area Chamber Of Commerce, Assembly of NS Chiefs – WMA Board of directors. In January 2023 Steve was appointed to the Nova Scotia Offshore Wind Impacts Assessment Committee by the federal and provincial Natural Resources ministers to study this new sector over an eighteen month period and to prepare final recommendations in January of 2025.