The NMC Secretariat
The Secretariat leads NMC efforts to promote the needs and interest of federal managers to Public Service decision-makers. The NMC secretariat act as a vehicle for 2-way communication and knowledge broker to engage, increase dialogue, exchange information and share best practices to address the needs of managers.
The NMC Secretariat
The NMC Secretariat (NMCS) is comprised of the Executive Director, Manager of Finance and Human Resources, Financial Coordinator, Communications Advisor and six Regional Leads for each Region, including the NCR.
The NMCS is the main point of contact for central initiatives, agencies and communities that impact Managers. They work together with the NMC Advisory Boards to promote a strong, united management community. They also coordinate the Strategic Planning process and create the NMC Strategic Plan.
List of Secretariat Staff
Manager, Finance and Human Resources
Pauline Picotte
Mobile: (613) 668-9902
pauline.picotte@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Regional Leads
The Regional Leads collaborate, liaise and provide support and advice to Steering Committee Chairs/Co-Chairs and members in their respective Regions. They represent NMC at events, including Regional Federal Council meetings and other horizontal senior level communities, advocating on issues of importance to managers.
Atlantic Region
Marc Hamilton
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador
marc.hamilton@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Quebec and Nunavut Region
National Capital Region
Julie Wills
National Capital Region
Julie.wills@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Ontario Region
Susan Badame
Ontario excluding the National Capital Region
susan.badame@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Prairies and Northwest Territories Region
Roger Prairie
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northwest Territories
roger.prairie@csps-efpc.gc.ca
British Columbia and Yukon Region
Jon Hoogerdyk
British Columbia and Yukon
jon.hoogerdyk@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Deputy Minister Champion
The NMC Deputy Minister (DM) Champion is appointed by the Clerk of the Privy Council. The role of the DM Champion is to ensure that at the highest executive levels, the voice of managers is heard and profiled, while also providing the NMC with strategic advice and guidance. The DM Champion chairs the ADM Advisory Board.
Deputy Minister (DM) Champion
Arun Thangaraj, Deputy Minister Champion, National Managers’ Community
Deputy Minister, Transport Canada.
Arun Thangaraj was newly appointed Deputy Minister at Transport Canada in February 2023. He brings over 20 years of experience in information technology, corporate planning, finance and management. Previously, he was appointed Associate Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and from 2020 to 2022, Arun was the Associate Deputy Minister at Transport Canada. He also served as Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer at Global Affairs Canada, where he was responsible for information management and information technology. In 2011, he was appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer at the former Canadian International Development Agency.
Arun received the Queen Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 for his contribution to the federal public service and to his community. He has served on various governance boards, including the Global Fund’s Finance and Operations Committee, and is a member of the Public Sector Pension Advisory Committee. He is also a sessional lecturer at Carleton University’s School of Public Administration, where he has taught courses in the management stream for many years. Arun is a chartered professional accountant and holds a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Carleton University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa, and an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Toronto.
Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) Advisory Board & Executive Board
The NMC ADM Advisory Board and the Executive Board are the Deputy Minister Champions’ Advisory Committees. They consist of executives from all departments and agencies that act as the Champion and advocates for managers’ network in their respective communities and regions.
ADM Advisory Board & Executive Board members
| Department | Member |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) | Shannon Nix |
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) | Dave Boland |
| Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) | Aaron McCrorie |
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) | Jean-Frédéric Lafaille Assia Chaala |
| Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) | Maria Mavroyannis |
| Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) | Vanessa Vermette |
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) | Jane Hazel Lara Boulanger-Stewart |
| Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) | Jocelyn Beaudette |
| Canadian Heritage (PCH) | Julie Fairweather Jaime Burke, Champion, Ontario Region exc. NCR |
| Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) | Torrine Johnson |
| Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) | Hughes St-Pierre |
| Correctional Service Canada (CSC) | Sylvain Mongrain |
| Courts Administration Services (CAS) | |
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) | |
| Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) | Rina Lorello |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) | Donald Walker Michael Enns |
| Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) | Paulette Prentice |
| Finance Canada (FIN) | |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) | Philippe Blanchette |
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) | |
| Global Affairs Canada (GAC) | |
| Health Canada (HC) and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) | Jocelyne Voisin Catherine Allison Laurie Hunter |
| Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) | Roger Ermuth |
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) | Jennifer MacIntyre |
| Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) | Julien Castonguay |
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) | Nipun Vats Stephanie Tanton |
| Justice Canada (JUS) | Bill Kroll |
| Library and Archives Canada (LAC) | |
| National Defence (DND) | Isabelle Desmartis |
| Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) | Francis Brisson Mathieu Bergeron, Champion, Québec Region |
| Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)) | |
| Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL) | Isabelle Tessier |
| Office of Public Service Accessibility (OPSA) (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)) | Alfred MacLeod |
| Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan) | |
| Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) | |
| Parole Board of Canada (PBC) | Harold Massey |
| Parks Canada (PC) | Kerry Buckley |
| Privy Council Office (PCO) | Gaveen Cadotte |
| Public Safety Canada (PS) | Sebastien Aubertin-Giguère |
| Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) | Vinh Du Nguyen |
| Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) | Jean-Francois Lymburner Stephanie Kirkland Cheryl Baraniecki, Champion, Prairies and NWT Region |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | Andrew Blackadar, Champion, Nunavut Region |
| Service Canada (ServCan) | Jordan Mah, Champion, BC and Yukon Region |
| Shared Services Canada (SSC) | Rima Hurley Jacques Mailloux |
| Statistics Canada (StatCan) | Kathleen Mitchell |
| Transport Canada (TC) | |
| Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) | Lindy McQuillan |
The ADM and EX Advisory Board represents the ADM cadre, advises the Deputy Minister on the NMC’s plans and strategies, relays information and advocates for the NMC within their own departments/agencies and regions.
Executive Board
| Department | Name |
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) | Jean-Frédéric Lafaille |
| Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) | Maria Mavroyannis |
| Canadian Heritage (PCH) | Julie Fairweather |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) | Philippe Blanchette |
| Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) | Julien Castonguay |
| Justice Canada (JUS) | Bill Kroll |
| Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) – Prairies and NWT Region | Cheryl Baraniecki, Champion, Prairies and NWT Region |
| Transport Canada (TC) | |
| Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) | Alfred MacLeod |
Managers’ Advisory Board (MAB)
The NMC Managers’ Advisory Board (MAB) consists of managers who lead their respective departmental/agency communities and managers’ networks.
MAB members
The role of the MAB is to share information on departmental/agency activities, recruit volunteers from within their departments/agencies to help with NMC initiatives and enable these managers to better brief their ADM Champions on current and proposed joint ventures and NMC activities. The NMC Executive Director chairs the MAB.
| Department | Members |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) | Carl Dubeau Alexander Meunier Valérie Roy |
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) | Martine Cantin |
| Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) | Sean Scott Geoffrey Headland |
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) | Christian David |
| Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) | Muhammad Ajmal (AJ) Mohamudbuccus Breghan Paterson |
| Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) | Jean-Simon Marquis Gilles Thériault |
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) | Natalie Tremblay Rima Khouri |
| Canadian Heritage (PCH) | Jeannette Monk |
| Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) | Sue Butchart |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | Lynn Frappier |
| Communications Security Establishment (CSE) | Cynthia Papadopoulo Yannick Sirois |
| Correctional Service Canada (CSC) | Alain Fortier Jay Shah |
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) | Lyson Rivest Rishav Ghosh |
| Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) | Nathalie Hamel Isabelle Garand |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) | Dawn McDonald |
| Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) | André Thibert |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) | Jelena Gingras Louise Lefebvre |
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) | Yannick Dallaire |
| Global Affairs Canada (GAC) | Oksana McVicar |
| Health Canada (HC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) | Vanessa Pearson Diane Kaiser-Trottier |
| Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) | Alicia Seifert Randa Mekhael |
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) | Sophia Abraham |
| Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) | Naman Sharma Gillian Seymour |
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) | Julie Bernier Melissa Dorion |
| Justice Canada (JUS) | Denis Gratton Lydia Laurin Frederic Champagne |
| Library and Archives Canada (LAC) | Ihtesham Rashid |
| National Defence (DND) | Kimberly Sorfleet |
| Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) | Natasha Lestage Cynthia Vandevenne Priscilla Dompierre |
| Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)) | |
| Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL) | Charles Taker Robert Talbot |
| Office of Public Service Accessibility (OPSA) (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)) | |
| Parks Canada (PC) | Yanika Gauthier |
| Privy Council Office (PCO) | Jennifer Peddle |
| Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) | Martin Yelle Tracey Stack |
| Public Safety Canada (PS) | Michael Charron Chantal Girard |
| Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) | Daniel Spracklin |
| Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) | Caroll Baker |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | |
| Shared Services Canada (SSC) | Stéphanie Houle Robert Lenarcic |
| Statistics Canada (StatCan) | Holly Mullin Maud Laporte Roy |
| Transport Canada (TC) | Sascha Wiessmeyer Adam Derome |
| Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) | Michelle Bastien |
| Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) | Jaclyn Metcalfe |
Regional Advisory Board (RAB)
The NMC Regional Advisory Board (RAB) members acts as the voice of managers from across the country and provides strategic advice and direction to the ADM Advisory Board via the NMC Executive Director and Regional Leads.
RAB members
Members of the RAB are the Chairs/Co-Chairs from the Steering Committees from each region/province and territory. The RAB is Co-Chaired by the Executive Director and on a rotational basis, a provincial Co-Chair elected/nominated by the Board.
| Region | Members |
| Chair | Camille Beausoleil, NMC Executive Director |
| Co-chair | Michel Robichaud, Public Services and Procurement Canada |
| Alberta | Anita Sharma, Canada Revenue Agency Ada Yu, Public Services and Procurement Canada |
| British Columbia | Stefan Moraw, Health Canada Dan Yamelst, Service Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada |
| Manitoba | Christine Lodge, Transport Canada |
| New Brunswick | Brock Belliveau, Public Services and Procurement Canada Michel Robichaud, Public Services and Procurement Canada |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Christopher Hendry, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Lesley Cowan, Canada Revenue Agency |
| Northwest Territories | |
| Nova Scotia | Michelle Derible, Public Health Agency of Canada Sarah Horrocks, Shared Services Canada |
| Nunavut | Pierre Brouillette, Shared Services Canada |
| Ontario | Dana Fotiadis, Veterans Affairs Canada David Schwindt, Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) |
| Prince Edward Island | Catherine MacInnis, Veterans Affairs Canada Lauranne Mason, Veterans Affairs Canada |
| Quebec | Stéphanie Ricard, Canada Revenue Agency |
| Saskatchewan | Anne Ballantyne, Prairies Economic Development Canada |
| Yukon | Jean-Sebastien Blais, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |
Regional Connections
The regional connections is represented by NMC Regional Leads, Regional Champions, and Steering Committee co-chairs who represent their department/agencies in their regions. The Committees hold monthly/quarterly steering committee meetings. They provide a source of intelligence and feedback of information from the departments/agencies about manager issues and innovations.
Atlantic
Atlantic
New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
Regional Champion
Daphnée Michaud, CPA
Director General, Public Service Pay Centre
daphnee.michaud@pwgsc–tpsgc.gc.ca
NMC Atlantic Regional Lead
Marc Hamilton
Marc.hamilton@csps-efpc.gc.ca
New Brunswick
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Brock Belliveau
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Brock.Belliveau@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Michel Robichaud
Public Services and Procurement Canada
michel.robichaud@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Christopher Hendry
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Christopher.Hendry@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Lesley Cowan
Agriculture Canada
Lesley.cowan2@agr.gc.ca
Nova Scotia
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Sarah Horrocks
Shared Services Canada
sarah.horrocks@ssc-spc.gc.ca
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Michelle Derible
Public Health Agency of Canada
michelle.derible@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Prince Edward Island
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Catherine MacInnis
Veterans Affairs Canada
catherine.macinnis@vac-acc.gc.ca
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Lauranne Mason
Veterans Affairs Canada
lauranne.mason@vac-acc.gc.ca
Quebec and Nunavut
Quebec
Regional Champion
Mathieu Bergeron
Natural Resources Canada
Mathieu.bergeron@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
Nunavut
Regional Champion
Andrew Blackadar
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Andrew.Blackadar@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
NMC Regional Lead, Quebec and Nunavut
Sophie Laflamme
sophie.laflamme@csps-efpc.gc.ca
National Capital
NCR
Ottawa and Gatineau
Deputy Minister Champion, National Managers’ Community
Arun Thangaraj
arun.thangaraj@tc.gc.ca
NMC Regional Lead, National Capital Region
Julie Wills
Julie.wills@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Ontario
Ontario – excluding National Capital Region
Regional Champion
Jaime Burke
Canadian Heritage
jaime.burke@pch.gc.ca
NMC Regional Lead, Ontario Region
Susan Badame
susan.badame@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Dana Fotiadis
Veterans Affairs Canada
dana.fotiadis@veterans.gc.ca
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
David Schwindt
Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario)
david.schwindt@FedDevOntario.gc.ca
British Columbia and Yukon
British Columbia and Yukon
Regional Champion
Jordan Mah
Service Canada
jordan.mah@servicecanada.gc.ca
NMC Regional Lead
Jon Hoogerdyk
jon.hoogerdyk@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Co-Chair, Steering Committee, British Columbia
Stefan Moraw
Service Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada
stefan.moraw@hc-sc.gc.ca
Co-Chair, Steering Committee, British Columbia
Dan Yamelst
Service Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada
dan.yamelst@servicecanada.gc.ca
Representative, Yukon
Jean-Sebastien Blais
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
jean-sebastien.blais@rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca
Prairies and Northern Territories
Prairies and Northwest Territories
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northwest Territories
Regional Champion
Cheryl Baraniecki
Public Services and Procurement Canada
cheryl.baraniecki@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca
NMC Regional Lead
Roger Prairie
roger.prairie@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Alberta
Co-Chair, Steering Committee, Edmonton
Ada Yu
Public Services and Procurement Canada
ada.yu@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca
Co-Chair, Steering Committee, Calgary
Anita Sharma
Canada Revenue Agency
Anita.Sharma@cra-arc.gc.ca
Saskatchewan
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Anne Ballantyne
Prairies Economic Development Canada
anne.ballantyne@prairiescan.gc.ca
Manitoba
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Christine Lodge
Transport Canada
Christine.Lodge@tc.gc.ca
Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories representative
Vacant
Contact us to learn more about the NMC
and how we can help support managers
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Ontario | Prairies-NWT
Email: nmc-cng@csps-efpc.gc.ca
