Stephen J. Mills

Mr. Mills is a member of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and remains active in traditional activities including trapping and hunting. Mr. Mills is currently President of his First Nation’s Development Corporation and Director and Officer for Air North, Yukon’s Airline. Mr. Mills is also a Director of Selkirk Copper, Co-chair of the 405 Alexander Advisory Committee and recently appointed as a Negotiator on the Collaborative Development Group for new mineral legislation.

Mr. Mills has extensive leadership and management experience having served as co-chair of the Health Transformation Advisory Committee, as Deputy Minister of Yukon Government’s Executive Council Office and as Cabinet Secretary from 2019 to 2023, as Deputy Minister of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, and as Assistant Deputy Minister of Aboriginal Relations.

Mr. Mills has served as Chair of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board and as a board member on other regulatory boards including the Yukon Water Board, Surface Rights Board (Chair) and the Yukon Utilities Board. Mr. Mills is an experienced negotiator currently serving as a senior negotiator and advisor for several First Nations in Yukon and NWT. Mr. Mr. Mills holds a Master's of Environmental Practice.