Ana Kapralos
Ana Kapralos is a senior executive in the Ontario Public Service, whose career spans 35 years, mostly in the Justice Sector. She is currently with the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) working on a special project. Simultaneously, she is also at the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General as the Director, Program Modernization and Appointments, in the Policy Division, she is responsible for leading transformative initiatives, as well as providing support to judicial appointment committees. Prior to this work, she was responsible for corporate management, government policy initiatives, and oversight for various justice sector agencies and programs in the areas of human rights, victims’ services, legal aid, police oversight, alcohol/gaming, adjudicative tribunals, and bail supervision. She has worked collaboratively with other partners on horizontal policy initiatives to support access to justice, and represented Ontario at the federal/provincial committees on legal aid, and the Hague Convention. She has been nominated for several OPS Amethyst Awards in the area of modernization and collaboration. At York University, Ana was the co-coach for the York team participating in the CAPPA case competition for two years. She also won the 2023-24 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Contract Teaching category. Ana is a PhD (ABD) candidate from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), and holds a B.A. and Master’s in Public Policy from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). During her studies, her research focused on examining victim services in Toronto, which received the J.L. Beaton Award for best research essay. At Queen’s University, she completed the Executive Leadership Program as well as Intergovernmental Negotiations. She also completed the Senior Executive Advanced Finance and Accounting Certification Program with Chartered Professional Accountants Canada (CPAC). Ana is passionate about volunteering, and is a mentor/coach with the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Centre (TREIC) providing guidance and advice to immigrant professionals.