- Gerry Thom – Gerry is the director of the Certificate Program on Leading People for Results. He retired in the summer of 2017 after 35 years in the federal public service. Most recently, Gerry was Acting President of the Public Service Commission (from December 2016 to June 2017), having served in three different Vice-President roles in the same organization since 2007 (Senior Vice-President of the Policy and Corporate Affairs Branch, Vice-President of the Staffing and Assessment Services Branch and Vice-President of the Corporate Management Branch). Gerry has managed hundreds of employees, and budgets in the tens of millions of dollars. He has extensive experience both in executive line management, and directly in human resources management in several departments.
- Susan Gregson – Susan served in the Canadian public service with distinction for 35 years, occupying several senior executive positions. Between 2013 and 2016, she was Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia Pacific at Global Affairs Canada. Prior to her last assignment, she served as Assistant Deputy Minister for Human Resources and in various other executive roles. Susan has also represented Canada abroad. Her most noteworthy assignments were as Deputy High Commissioner in London, Consul General of Canada in Shanghai and Minister-Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. She holds a B.A. in anthropology from the University of British Columbia and was Canada-China Scholar at Nankai University and at Fudan University.
- Lamia Yahiaoui – Lamia is the administrative assistant. Among her previous positions, Lamia was the Assistant to the Superintendent and the Secretary for the Director of Education of the Conseil des Écoles Publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario, the Office Manager for the Women Economics Council and the Project Assistant for support programs in Algeria. Lamia completed her studies at the University of Algiers in Algeria.
Program staff
Key program staff (in alphabetic order)