Steve Greenaway is a Vice President at Counsel Public Affairs, based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
As a public affairs and communications strategist, Steve has participated in dozens of national, provincial and municipal election campaigns, developing public awareness and issue advocacy campaigns across all forms of media.
A well-known figure in communications and issues management, Steve has founded and built two successful public affairs agencies in Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Together, these firms have represented some of Western Canada’s largest and most prominent public and private sector entities, in forestry, tourism, agriculture, and finance.
Steve is a lifelong Conservative and has the receipts to prove it. He was the youngest delegate at the 1976 Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention that elected Joe Clark, whom he worked with closely over the following decade. He went on to work in the Mulroney government and served as an Executive Assistant to Justice Minister then Prime Minister Kim Campbell. In 1991, he was elected as National Vice-President of the Progressive Conservative Party and has worked for senior conservative leaders in Ottawa, Ontario and British Columbia.
Today, Steve is an active member of the BC Conservative Party and has represented several Counsel clients with BC Conservative MLAs, including the new BC Premier, Lorne Doerkson.
Steve hails originally from BC’s Cariboo region where he was raised on his family’s cattle ranch. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen’s University.