Aaron is the Director General for Service Experience Design and Delivery in Employment and Social Development Canada. Aaron joined Service Canada from the Department for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom where he led teams transforming the experience for UK citizens across a number of services including retirement, health & disability and digital identity. Aaron is passionate about making Government services work better for the citizens it serves. He is an advocate for human-centred design and driving integration between policy development and service delivery.

Aaron and his wife have four children and relocated to Canada in Summer 2022.

Adil is currently President and CEO of Kensington Health. he has a vast background in nursing, public health, international development, and health system strategy in Canada and internationally. His career has crossed many sectors with diverse populations, including community care, public health, acute care, home care, regional care, and specialty health. He has worked extensively in Ontario and the Middle East, and understands the relationship between accountability and strategy, planning, quality, performance measurement, best-practice implementation and change management.

Prior to joining Ontario Health, Adil was the founding CEO of Royale Home Health (of Royale Hayat Hospital in Kuwait). Before that, he served as Middle East Executive Regional Director and Operational Lead for University Health Network (UHN) where he led an international cancer centre transformation in the region.

Adil is a Registered Nurse and holds a BSc Nursing from the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Health Administration from the University of Ottawa. Most recently he served as Ontario Health’s Senior Vice President, Health System Performance and Support, where his position has required him to oversee Ontario Health’s work to advance provincial strategies, funding, accountability agreements, standards and initiatives through information, evidence, and other supports to assess, inform and improve overall health system performance and effectiveness.

Mohammad Qureshi is the Corporate Chief Information Officer and Associate Deputy Minister for the Government Information Technology Ontario (GovTechON) organization, leading more than 4000 I+IT technologists, powering the Government of Ontario to be a leading digital jurisdiction. With 20+ years in public service, his mission has remained the same: enable the public sector to harness the benefits of transformative technology and deliver better outcomes for people.

Prior to becoming CCIO, he was named Ontario’s first Chief Information Security Officer before becoming Chief Information Officer of the Infrastructure Technology Services division. In May of 2022, Mohammad was recognized as the CIO of the Year within the public sector category, by IT World Canada.

Shannon Lundquist is the Federal Account Leader for Deloitte Canada. She believes in the power of resilience. With over 25 years’ experience working in public sector transformation, she promotes a culture of optimism and well-being with her teams. Shannon has worked with numerous public and private sector organizations to achieve success and deliver value in areas of program management, governance, business and technology sourcing, shared services, operations management, systems implementation and change leadership.

Prior to taking on this role, Shannon was a member of the Canadian Executive Team for Deloitte, serving as the Chief of Staff for Anthony Viel, CEO. Shannon worked directly with the Executive Leadership Team’s to effect strategic and cultural change across the organization, and led the firm's pandemic crisis response. In addition, she established Deloitte as the premier executive sponsor for the Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network, bringing innovation to healthcare delivery systems across Canada.

In her previous role as Healthcare Consulting Leader for Canada and Chile, Shannon worked with hospitals, home healthcare and academic organizations to refine and execute on their clinical delivery and innovations strategies including directing clinical services and capital planning at a number of Canada's leading health systems.

Before moving to consulting, Shannon had a successful 14-year career in the British Columbia Public Service, where her final assignment was directing a complex 10-year, $750 million agreement including the design and implementation of an outsourced shared service organization for finance and health revenue services.

Adithi is a Partner at Deloitte, the public sector industry for Consulting, and the founder of Deloitte New Zealand’s social impact practice. Her passion is for bringing together individuals and organisations to address ‘wicked problems’ at multiple levels: changing systems to transform outcomes, redesigning services to be simpler and generate better outcomes, and shifting mindsets to focus on equity, sustainability and impact.

Her work has included redesign of social housing services, welfare payment services, accident compensation services and child care and protection services in New Zealand. She is the co-leader of Deloitte’s State of the State reports on Social Investment, Resilience, Family Social Capital, Inclusive Growth and Government Reform.

Within Deloitte, Adithi leads Future of Government and Civil Government focus areas for the Asia-Pacific region and sits on the Deloitte New Zealand Board.

Ms. Nancy Healey has been appointed as the Commissioner for Employers at the Canada Employment Insurance Commission for a two-year term, effective July 26, 2021.

Ms. Healey is an award-winning chamber executive with 20 years of strategic and innovative leadership as a champion for business. From 2008 to 2020, she was the chief executive officer of the St. John’s Board of Trade, where she helped businesses succeed through advocacy work at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Prior to that, Ms. Healey served as the executive director of an industry sector association dedicated to growing the hospitality and tourism industry.

Ms. Healey has served on the Board of Directors of the Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union, was a past president of the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada, and a past director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, where she was named Executive of the Year in 2018. Ms. Healey completed the Director’s Education Program from the Rotman School of Management and has achieved the designation of ICD.D.

Céline leads Deloitte’s FSI Sustainability & Climate practice as a partner in Deloitte’s Risk Advisory practice. She works with clients on defining and operationalizing their purpose through shareholder and stakeholder value creation with enablers such as ESG, innovation and public policy. To these clients, she brings 30 years of international experience in more than 25 countries. Her work has spanned management consulting to Fortune 500 companies, investment in scaling up sustainability and emissions reduction solutions, development of legal frameworks, as well as advice for civil society, philanthropists and governments.

In 2018, she was knighted as a Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite by French President Emmanuel Macron for mobilizing the private sector in the run-up to the Paris Agreement and for establishing the platform for the private sector to play a pivotal role in limiting warming to 1.5° C. This was the foundation of the Race to Zero.

For her clients she structures business opportunities aligned with Net Zero and how to prosecute these. She mainstreams impact investing, ESG and sustainability as a major value driver for shareholders and 2stakeholders.

Called on frequently by leading print and broadcast outlets around the world for her expertise on a host of interrelated issues – from to ESG Governance to the global oil & gas industry to energy markets and climate-related scenarios – Céline is respected above all, for her ability to identify what is relevant to a variety of audiences.

Ningwakwe (Rainbow Woman), aka Priscilla George, is a Deer Clan Anishnawbe Kwe from the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation. Ningwakwe has authored position papers, literature reviews and has conducted international research on literacy for indigenous peoples. Ningwakwe has been the Visiting Elder at Saugeen District Senior School since 2015. She was the Field Coordinator for the Saugeen First Nation Mental Wellness Initiative, a collaborative project with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, from 2018-2021. She currently supports the First Nation Mental Wellness Initiative as the Community Knowledge Keeper & Elder.

Ningwakwe advocates for the holistic approach to Life, which means recognizing and nurturing Spirit, Heart, Mind and Body.

Dr. Ellen Choi is an Assistant Professor in HRM/OB in the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University. Dr. Choi is an organizational psychologist with training in the fields of Social Psychology and Organizational Behaviour. She received her PhD from the Ivey School of Business in 2017, and her MSc from the London School of Economics in 2012. Her research interests revolve around workplace wellbeing and mental health. In particular she studies the effects of mindfulness training on stress, attention, emotion regulation, errors, authenticity, resilience, and performance under pressure. Dr. Choi teaches in the area of organizational behaviour on topics such as leadership, training and development, motivation, and decision-making.

Prior to graduate school, Ellen traded in commercial real estate for 8 years with CBRE. She is also a yoga instructor, executive meditation coach, and delivers mindfulness workshops and keynote addresses to corporate audiences.

Alia Kamlani is a public sector transformation leader with 15+ years of experience working inside government and as an advisor to public sector organizations. She is a seasoned public sector transformation partner and has spent her career working alongside senior executives and political leaders to develop business cases, engage stakeholders, develop strategic options, and project manage numerous strategic and large-scale human service organizational, IT, and service delivery transformations in Ontario and across North America. Alia is also Deloitte’s National Labour Market Activation Leader where she is focused on transformation and innovation of social and employment services. Personally committed to driving more equitable and inclusive program design through her work, Alia strives to support government to improve outcomes for vulnerable populations in Canada.

Dr. Samantha Wells is Senior Director and Senior Scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is also an Associate Professor in the Clinical Public Health Division at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Wells is interested in supporting mental health and wellness in Indigenous communities. She is currently co-leading with Dr. Renee Linklater, Senior Director of Shkaabe Makwa at CAMH, a large research program which involves working closely with First Nations communities in developing their own wellness strategies using participatory action research informed by local data and lived experience perspectives.

Renee Linklater, PhD is a member of Rainy River First Nations in Northwestern Ontario. She has over 25 years of experience working with Indigenous healing agencies and First Nation communities. Renee has worked across the health and education sectors as a frontline worker, program evaluator, curriculum developer, educator/trainer and researcher. She is an international speaker on trauma and healing and is the author of Decolonizing trauma work: Indigenous stories and strategies and editor of Connected in Creation: A Collection of Lived Experience through Cultural Expression. Renee is the Senior Director of Shkaabe Makwa - Centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Wellness at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and is actively involved in several system level initiatives across the province.

Ashley Cornect-Benoit is Mi’kmaq, French, Irish and her family and ancestors are from the Port au Port (Payun Aqq Payunji'j) peninsula in Newfoundland (Ktaqmkuk). She joined the Shkaabe Makwa family in February 2021 as a Research Methods Specialist and positions herself as a research helper within various projects at CAMH. Presently, Ashley supports the continued growth of the Research Portfolio at Shkaabe Makwa as Manager of Research and Knowledge Mobilization – a role that she believes to be a collaborative approach and wholeheartedly welcomes the sharing of perspectives and research ideas. Additionally, she is currently a PhD student in Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, specializing in Population and Public Health. Through the various roles and responsibilities that she upholds, Ashley is committed to developing meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities to bring forth communally driven initiatives that nurture intergenerational relationships to address health inequities faced by Indigenous peoples.

Jan Forster was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate in 2020, and she oversees Environmental Stewardship, Water Management and Climate. She has led a number of different ministries in Manitoba as Deputy Minister, ranging from Economic Development, Post-Secondary Education and Workforce Training, Immigration, and Municipal Relations.

Jan entered the Manitoba Public Service as part of a management development program in 1997. Throughout her career, she has led and supported multiple whole-of-government strategies.

Jan graduated from the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Public Administration.

Mike is a thought leader in government transformation and innovation, with over 20-years of experience in consulting across Canada and in countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He is well-regarded not only for his ability to design and architect strategies and solutions to complex public sector issues for clients, but also for overseeing their implementation. Mike leads Davis Pier’s social innovation efforts focused on helping government by using behavioural science, service design and evidence-based policy approaches to improving policy-making and program design.

Mike has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering from Dalhousie University and a Master’s degree in Behavioural Sciences at the London School of Economics. He has attended the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Behavioural Insights Program and is certified as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) and Project Management Professional (PMP). Mike is also a Distinguished Fellow with the Dalhousie University Faculty of Management.

Mike is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Kids Help Phone and on the Board of Directors for Tribe Network. Mike has also been named one of Atlantic Business Magazines Top 50 CEOs.

Dr. Trevin Stratton is Economic Advisory Leader and Partner at Deloitte Canada, where he applies economic thinking to identify the trends that are reshaping industry and to help private and public sector leaders tackle some of today’s most complex and challenging policy and business issues. Prior to joining Deloitte, he was the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the largest and most influential business association in Canada representing a network of over 200,000 companies. Trevin was also previously named as Ottawa’s Forty Under 40 for founding and leading BDO Canada’s national economic development consulting line. He currently sits on the Board of Governors at Ontario Tech University and the Leadership Council at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

Deputy MacLellan has worked for the Nova Scotia government since 1997 in a number of key departments such as Service Nova Scotia, Justice, and Community Services.

Within her current role as Deputy Minister of Advanced Education she leads the Department to ensure a strong, progressive, and vibrant post-secondary system in Nova Scotia. Putting students at the centre, the Deputy leads a team to ensure a sustainable post-secondary community, responsive and comprehensive student assistance programs, modern supports to students with disabilities, and a relevant and effective research eco-system that supports education, health, and economic growth.

She has a BA (English) from Dalhousie and an MBA from Saint Mary’s Sobey School of Business and an Institute of Corporate Directors, Director (ICD.D) designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Nancy has been a member of the Public Service Pension Plan Trustee and Corporate boards, and has served as Vice-Chair during her 10 year tenure. Nancy and her husband Mike live in Halifax and share four grown children and 5 grands.

Tracey Barbrick is the Associate Deputy Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care.

Tracey has an undergraduate Science degree from St. Frances Xavier University, a diploma in Environmental Technology from Holland College, and a Masters in Public Administration from Dalhousie University.

Prior to joining the Nova Scotia provincial government Tracey spent time in both the private sector and municipal government.

Tracey’s government career began in 2001 and has spanned multiple departments including Environment, Health and Wellness, Labour and Advanced Education, Community Services, and was most recently the lead of the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.

Tracey believes that through truly working together, communities, business and government can do amazing things

John Roberts is an Associate Deputy Minister with Ontario’s Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery, and the province’s Chief Privacy Officer, Archivist of Ontario, and Deputy Chief Digital and Data Officer. He has over 30 years of experience ranging from operational, policy, and senior leadership roles to government information management and digital government initiatives. As Associate Deputy he leads the all-of-government work across the digital, data, access to information, privacy and recordkeeping functions. His extensive knowledge of information management has contributed to his numerous achievements in policy, strategy and legislative modernisation to support data and information practice in government. Prior to joining the Ontario Public Service in 2015 he worked in the New Zealand government, and since arriving in 2015 he has overseen the development of the OPS Recordkeeping, Access and Privacy Transformation Strategy, led consultations on privacy modernisation, and been part of multi-ministry leadership on enterprise data integration and data governance work. He also served as acting Chief Information Security Officer from 2020-22.

Paul is an award-winning professional writer & speaker who's been consulted on the topic of AI & Big Data by the popular TV show "60 Minutes". Paul's been named to dozens of global "Experts to Follow" & "Thought Leader" lists, including Analytics Insight's "Top 100 AI & Big Data Influencers" and CIO Look magazine's "The 10 Most Intelligent Leaders in Data Science and Analytics". Paul's written 21 books (including "The AI Ladder", "Cloud without Compromise”, and 3 ‘for Dummies' titles) and over 360 articles during his accidental 28-year career as a data nerd. At IBM, Paul leads from the front, helping to shape the strategic direction in a 'tech years are like dog years' world for the IBM Technology Unit's (IBM's software and hardware divisions) sales, tech sales, and partner ecosystem learning journeys and upskilling programs.

You'll find Paul taking a very active role around Women in Technology (he's a seated advisory board member for Switch, formerly known as Women 2.0) who he became involved with after one of his tweets was mentioned on the TV show, "The View". He's the only (and first) male to ever win IBM Canada's "Women in Technology Ally of the Year" award and is always at the forefront of general workplace inclusivity. In addition, Paul is a seated board member of "Coding for Veterans" and sits on the world recognized Masters of Management Analytics & AI program boards at Canada's prestigious Queen's University.

Paul's always keeping with his grass roots - a newbie with no computer courses before coming to IBM. He knows on his dumbest days, he's never as dumb as he feels, and on his smartest days, he's never as smart as he feels either. Ultimately, Paul is trying to figure out the world according to his daughter Chloë - who competitively rides a horse he creatively show-named "Better than a Boyfriend".

Mr. Stritzinger currently serves as the Director of the SC Broadband Office within the SC Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS).

Prior to joining ORS, he was the founder of Revolution D, a consulting firm that specializes in geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) and the deployment of high speed Internet in rural communities. Mr. Stritzinger is regarded as a national expert in this area. He has been featured on NPR Marketplace Tech, was selected to speak at the IBM Think conference and present to the US House Rural Broadband Task Force by Congressman James E. Clyburn. His innovative broadband mapping methodology was selected for publication in the Esri Map Book Vol. 36 (2021).

Mr. Stritzinger has held roles with public, private, academic and entrepreneurial organizations. During his career, he’s worked as an engineer/software developer for IBM and General Electric and a senior leader for Solomon Software, Microsoft, SCRA, Immedion, IT-oLogy and the University of South Carolina (USC). His career highlights include launching SC’s private equity organization (SC Launch, 2005) and a software company (ClearView Software, 1990) which was acquired in 1998 by Solomon and later became part of Great Plains Software (1999) and then Microsoft Business Solutions in 2001.

Mr. Stritzinger was selected to join the inaugural class of SC’s prestigious Liberty Fellowship (Class of 2006), part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN), and was inducted to the NC State University (NCSU) Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Hall of Fame (2015). He holds a BS Electrical Engineering from NCSU and a Master of Health Information Technology from USC.

Leona Alleslev is an executive leader, entrepreneur and former politician & military officer.

She served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement and a Member of Parliament for Aurora Oak Ridges Richmond Hill for 6 years.

Leona was Shadow Cabinet Minister for Foreign Affairs and Global Security. She served as Chair of Canada’s delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and as a member of a number of House of Commons committees and the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.

Prior to entering politics Leona held leadership positions at Bombardier Aerospace in aircraft manufacturing and IBM as a global management consultant leading large computer systems implementations.

As an entrepreneur she owned and operated a canoe outfitting business providing adventure tourism experiences in the Temagami wilderness area. Leona attended Royal Military College and served in the Canadian Armed Forces as an Air Force logistics officer.

Leona is passionate about Canada’s democracy, sovereignty, security and prosperity.

Leona lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario with her husband Ted and their two children.

Anesa “Nes” Parker leads Sustainability, Climate and Equity efforts for Deloitte’s Government & Public Services Practice. Previously, she was the Government and Program Strategy Market Offering leader at Monitor Deloitte. Nes has significant experience guiding clients through strategy-led transformations to achieve outcomes that are good and equitable for people, planet and prosperity. Nes holds a BA from Vassar College and a MPA from Columbia University. She’s originally from Northern California and currently resides in Washington, DC with her partner and their English Bulldog.

Romelia’s industry experiences combined with her unique software development and design expertise make her Global Sales’ most highly sought-after innovator. She has collaborated with leading clients in the design of Electric Vehicle Fleet Management, Space Object Analytics, Connect 360 Health & Human Services, and Airports of the Future. She holds 84 US patents and 10 patents pending. In 2021, she received the Dallas Business Journal’s Women in Business Award. In 2018, she was the first female ever named to the Dallas Tech Titan Hall of Fame and was the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award winner from Great Minds in STEM.

Kathleen Monk is the Principal Owner of Monk + Associates, a public affairs agency.

An award-winning communicator, Kathleen knows how to capitalize on opportunities to accelerate change in clients’ interests. With 20 years of experience in media, politics, and the not-for-profit sector, she is trusted by leaders to navigate complex public policy issues and helps clients execute strategies that target, engage, and persuade decision makers. She has directed campaigns that have been internationally recognized for media relations, digital communications, TV advertising and integrated marketing. This included a prestigious Campaign & Elections Reed Award in 2020, a Platinum MarCom award in 2019 and an International Golden Quill award in 2020.

A sought-after media commentator, Kathleen appears weekly on CTV Question Period's 'Sunday Strategy Session', CTV Power Play’s ‘Front Bench Panel’ and has been named one of the 100 most influential people in government and politics by The Hill Times. She was the founding Executive Director of the Broadbent Institute, a progressive organization focused on public policy and training. Prior to that, she served as director of communications for the late NDP leader Jack Layton’s historic 2011 federal campaign. Before entering her career in politics, Kathleen worked in newsrooms in Toronto, Ottawa, and Washington, D.C.

Kathleen is an active board member of CIVIX, a non-partisan charity dedicated to building engaged citizenship and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Canadian Institute for Global Affairs. She holds an MSc in Politics and Communication from the London School of Economics.

Until her recent retirement, Martha Hall Findlay led Suncor’s efforts to address the nexus of climate and energy, including strategic planning in collaboration with various Suncor teams, and stewarding many of Suncor’s external relationships and strategic collaborations, to build an environment that supports a future for Canadian energy. Martha was instrumental in the development of, and played a critical leadership role with, the multi-company Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero by 2050 initiative.

She was named a Canadian Climate Champion in 2021 by the British High Commission and the Canada Climate Law Initiative; she was named as one of Canada’s Clean50 for 2022; she was named by the Energy Council as a top global female oil and gas executive and one of the top 275 women influencers.

Martha joined Suncor in 2020 as Chief Sustainability Officer and played a key role in stewarding Suncor’s many external relationships and strategic collaborations in support of the company’s ongoing economic, environmental, and social performance leadership.

Prior to joining Suncor, Martha was the President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation, one of Canada’s most important public policy think-tanks, where her focus was on strong public policy recommendations for the economic and social prosperity of Western Canada, and by extension Canada as a whole. She has written dozens of essays, articles, and op-eds for national publications in both official languages and has frequently appeared as a thought leader in national print and broadcast media.

She has over 30 years of experience as a corporate lawyer, international trade expert, senior executive, and successful entrepreneur, supporting major multinationals as well as startups – primarily in wireless telecommunications and mobile payments, and then energy, both in Canada and in Europe.

As a twice-elected Member of Parliament, she served in the Official Opposition shadow cabinet for International Trade; Finance; Transport, Infrastructure and Communities; and Public Works and Government Services, and she served on the House of Commons Standing Committees for all of those portfolios. She is currently a member of the Minister of International Trade’s Trade Expert Advisory Council.

Kelly is Nous Canada’s Government Sector Lead. She has spent her career working with the public sector on strategic and operational change initiatives. Her work has involved developing innovative and ambitious strategies and enabling change through implementing service transformation in complex environments. She has worked with clients at the municipal, provincial and federal levels and with post-secondary institutions in Canada.

Recently, Kelly helped lead a major service transformation program during which she drove the design and implementation of user-centred services and supported change through improved organizational structures and processes. Over the past year, she also led the review of a public sector organization to identify ways to improve oversight and management, while focusing on improved services for staff and external stakeholders.

Karen Hamberg joined Deloitte Canada in 2022 as a partner in the firm’s Financial Advisory practice advising on the commercialization of climate technology at industrial scale. She is a clean technology executive with more than 20 years of global experience in the deployment of clean transportation technologies and the policy/regulatory frameworks to enable growth, scale, and market leadership. She held a range of senior executive positions at Westport Fuel Systems and has expertise in corporate strategy, market creation and development, sustainability/ESG, and policy and regulatory affairs.

She was appointed to the Government of Canada’s Industry Strategy Council by the Honourable Navdeep Bains in June 2020 to represent the clean technology sector and named Chair of the Clean Technology Economic Strategy Table.

Karen currently serves as Chair Emeritus of CALSTART in Pasadena, California and as Vice Chair of the British Columbia Regional Advisory Board of the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

An active volunteer, she chaired the 2019 United Way of British Columbia Campaign Cabinet, the team of executives who are the driving force behind the organization’s annual fundraising campaign.

She was named to Canada’s Clean 50™ (2017) for her contributions to advance sustainability in the heavy-duty transportation sector and to Canada's Clean 16TM (2019) for her leadership on more stringent clean transportation regulations in North America.

Karen holds a Master of Arts degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba.

In her role as Managing Partner Government, Public Services, Georgina leads a team of professionals committed to preparing Canada for a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future.

Georgina has over 30 years’ experience as a trusted advisor, business leader, entrepreneur and volunteer. An experienced strategist and collaborator, Georgina has a track record of working with leaders across governments, health and social care organizations and the private sector to shape and drive change agendas to improve outcomes for stakeholders.

Recognized as Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, Georgina is a frequent speaker and panelist on the future of government and the future of healthcare. She has recently co-authored a number of reports: Catalyst- A Vision for a Thriving Canada 2030; Reimaging Seniors Care; Digital Equity and most recently contributed to a Public Policy Forum paper, Taking Back Healthcare.

Georgina serves on the Public Policy Forum’s Advisory Committee on the Future of Healthcare and the Longwoods Publishing Advisory Board.

Georgina has served on several boards in healthcare and education and is currently serving as a Director for Special Olympics Canada and is Co-Chair of the Ridley College Campaign. She studied Political Science at McGill and is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

AMAPCEO represents 15,000 professionals across Ontario and in 10 countries worldwide who work directly as civil servants for the Ontario Government or with arm’s length agencies in the broader public sector.

Prior to his election as President & CEO in 2015, he served a term as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, and two terms as Board Chair.

Dave is a member of the Ontario Pension Board and chairs its Governance Committee. He sits on Ryerson University’s Centre for Labour and Management Relations Advisory Board. He lectures on Industrial Relations at several Ontario universities and is a frequent panelist at union, human resources, labour relations, academic, and think tank events. Regularly addressing progressive workplace topics like alternative work arrangements, the impact of artificial intelligence, the value of the public service, and the workplace of the future. He has an EMBA and an Institute of Corporate Directors ICD.D designation from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

Michael Wernick’s distinguished 38 year career as one of the key leaders of Canada’s world class federal public service culminated in serving from 2016 to 2019 as the 23rd Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to Cabinet.

With 28 years as an executive in the federal public service, including 17 years in the community of Deputy Ministers, and three as Clerk, Michael is one of Canada’s most experienced and influential public sector leaders. He appeared frequently at Parliamentary Committees, participated in dozens of intergovernmental and international meetings, and spoke at many conferences. Michael worked closely with three Prime Ministers and seven Ministers and attended close to 300 meetings of Cabinet and its committees. He was the key public servant at Privy Council Office in three transitions of Prime Minister.

In October 2021 UBC Press released Wernick’s book “Governing Canada: A Guide to the Tradecraft of Politics” and Michael undertook an extensive series of media interviews, podcasts and webinars to discuss this well received practical handbook for our political leaders and those who aspire to understand them.

As a Senior Strategic Advisor to MNP Inc and a Fellow and Adjunct Professor of the Carleton University School of Public Policy and Administration, Michael now provides advisory services and mentorship to emerging leaders and to new generations of students.

Matthew is a Principal with Davis Pier and over his time with the firm he has been responsible for leading some of our many dynamic, urgent, and intricate projects. His strong interpersonal skills allow him to thrive in complex project environments and he has demonstrated experience in healthcare, housing, and social services transformation. He is an analytical thinker with expertise in project management, operational planning, and implementation. Matthew is a results-oriented individual with a passion for engaging with people to develop and deliver human-centered solutions for our clients.

Matthew holds a Master of International Business from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

He serves on the Board of Governors of Acadia University, is the President of the Acadia Alumni Association, and is a Director with L’Arche Homefires.

Mala Khanna joined the Department of Canadian Heritage on January 10, 2022, as Associate Deputy Minister.

Before joining the Department of Canadian Heritage, Mala served as Assistant Deputy Minister of the Sub-Saharan Africa Branch at Global Affairs Canada. Prior to that, she was Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Parliamentary Affairs) at the Privy Council Office.

Mala joined Canada’s public service in 2000 at the Department of Justice Canada, where she held positions in the Public Safety, Defence and Immigration Portfolio, and the Public Law and Legislative Services Sector.

Mala holds a Bachelor of Arts in History (1995) from the University of Alberta, as well as a Bachelor of Law and a Master of Social Work (2000) from McGill University.

Mala has lived in Ottawa since 2000 and is the mother of two teenage girls.

Tim first joined IBM in 1995 as an industry solutions consultant. He came to the company after graduating from Harvard University, where he studied international relations and became obsessed with deterrence theory and nuclear war-gaming. He has spent 19 years at IBM, though not contiguously—he left briefly in 1999 to try his hand at a startup, catching the dotcom implosion at just the right time before rejoining the mother ship three years later.

Tim now serves as IBM’s Worldwide Leader of the Government Industry Solutions Competency Center, a role in which he leads industry consultants and enterprise architects in helping government agencies across the world harness Cognitive Analytics, Cloud, Internet of Things, Big Data and Blockchain for Digital Transformation. Tim has had the honor of working personally with 100’s of government agencies both in the United Stated and abroad, at both the national, provincial and local levels. While fluent in all segments and levels of government, Tim’s particular passion lies in helping public safety, emergency management, intelligence and defense agencies in harnessing information as a strategic asset for protecting the society they serve. Throughout his career at IBM, Tim has led a range of strategy and marketing, solution sales and solution management teams across services and technologies at IBM.

Tim lives in Connecticut with his wife Angela, three children, and their Labrador retrievers. For rest and relaxation, he serves as a nationally certified fire rescue instructor, and recently retired from 15 years on the thin red line as a firefighter in Simsbury, where he achieved a terminal rank of captain. He is also an avid mountain biker and fly fisherman.

Tim is recognized as one of IBM's Government leaders worldwide, and is frequently found representing IBM at industry events as a presenter or panel representative. Recently he participated in a live tabletop exercise along with senior leaders from the U.S. Directorate of National Intelligence, Centers for Disease Control and Federal Emergency Management Agency, in which the panel simulated incident management and government emergency response to a hypothetical outbreak of hemorrhagic fever after a professional basketball game in a major U.S. city. "This was one of the few times where my professional life at IBM intersected with my hobby as a fire rescue instructor and fire officer," Tim says. "It was an incredible experience to have earned a seat at the tabletop exercise with such experienced government leaders."

Professor (Dr) Kwame McKenzie is CEO of Wellesley Institute; a full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Director of Health Equity at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); and, a practicing psychiatrist.
His expertise is the social causes of illness and the development of effective, equitable social policy and health services and systems.
As a leader, policy advisor, administrator, clinician, educator and academic with over 260 peer reviewed papers, 6 books, he has worked across a broad spectrum to improve mental health, population health and health services for three decades.
His work with colleagues at CAMH, University of Toronto and Wellesley Institute has influenced local and national social and health policy and his academic research and collaborations have changed teaching, clinical practice, services and policy in mental health.
Professor McKenzie’s work has been recognized by numerous awards including; African Canadian Achievement Award for Science, Dominican of Distinction Award, Fred Fallis Award for Excellence in Online Education, CAMH 150 Difference Makers in Mental Health, Harry Jerome Award and Champion of Human Services Award, Ontario Municipal Social Services Association.
He has advised health ministers in the UK and Canada and housing, education and social services ministers in Canada.
He is a member of Canada’s National Advisory Council on Poverty, he was Co- Chair of Canada’s Expert Advisory Panel on Covid-19 and Mental Health, and Co-Chair of Canada’s Expert Task Force on Substance Use.
Provincially, he has completed positions as a Commissioner of Human Rights and as a member of the Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Council to the Minister of Health Ontario.
He is a previous President and Chair of the Board of CMHA Toronto and Member of the Executive and of the Council of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK.
In addition, he has been a columnist for the Guardian and the Times-online and presented “All in the Mind” for BBC Radio 4 and writes op-eds for the Toronto Star.

The Honourable Peter MacKay served in the Parliament of Canada for over 18 years as a Member of Parliament, including Cabinet Minister in the Harper Government for 10 years, as well as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of National Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Mr. MacKay chaired the Government National Security Committee for almost 10 years and served on numerous other inter-parliamentary committees. Prior to politics he served as a Crown Attorney. He is now working as a Strategic Advisor with Deloitte Canada and Counsel with McInnes Cooper, an Atlantic Canadian law firm. He works nationally and internationally in areas such as aerospace and defense, procurement, infrastructure, and justice reform. Peter serves as a Board Member for Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. and on numerous volunteer boards including Wounded Warriors, Boost Child & Youth Advocacy the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Integrity Initiatives International and the Canada United States Law Institute. Peter is a loving husband to Nazanin and father to their 3 children Kian 9, Valentia 6, and Caledon 3. He lives by the sea in Kings Head, Nova Scotia, with two dogs and two cats.