Executive Director, Office of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner
Public Administration, Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Honours 1991

Tell prospective students a bit about the work you do?

I have worked for the Ontario Government since 1992 in various policy analysis, program delivery and leadership roles including transportation planning, justice sector services and major infrastructure initiatives such as the redevelopment of Toronto's waterfront. In my current role, I am the chief operations officer for the Office of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner for Ontario. I oversee all aspects of the office's operations (HR, finance, IT, communications, etc.) and, along with legal cousel, assist the Commissioner in his role of advising, educating and making determinations on the activities of senior public servants to ensure that the government's activities are conducted in a non-partisan, professional and ethical manner.

Tell prospective students a bit about how your studies at York helped you to get where you are today.

York's PPA program provided me with an excellent foundation for my public service career. Courses in policy analysis, program evaluation, public law, economics and public finance were particularly helpful. The critical thinking skills that I developed and had to apply in the program, along with the program's constant requirement for students to think about the public interest, prepared me to enter and perform in the public service at a level that was well above my peers at the time. It was also those foundational skills and perspectives that have allowed me to advance my career many years later.