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Meet Your 35 Master Mentors
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Master Mentors who have been there. . .
Your Master Mentor presenters come from a distinguished cadre of former Canadian municipal, provincial, and federal  politicians and bureaucrats,  who are excited to ‘pay-it-forward’ and share their experience and hard won lessons. You'll also hear from top academic, media and communications experts sharing their knowledge and perspectives on what it takes to succeed in government.
CAROL BELLRINGER
Former Auditor General BC and MB
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THERESA OSWALD
Former Politician
​MB NDP​
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JAN SANDERSON 
Former DM
​Children & Youth
MB​
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DR JARED WESLEY  
“PRACADEMIC”
- a practicing political scientist,
​U of Alberta​​
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MARIA DAVID-EVANS
Former DM  Municipal Leader​ AB
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ALISON PAINE 
Mediator & Conflict Resolution Expert 
Former ADM​
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DALE WALL
Former DM Community & Rural Development​
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CAIRINE MACDONALD 
Former DM Environment

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INGRID BERGMANN
Executive Coach
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WAYNE WOUTERS
Former Clerk of the Privy Council​​
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CASSIE DOYLE
Former Federal & Provincial DM
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ULLI WATKISS
Former City Clerk Toronto, Vancouver & Edmonton​ ​
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MARGARET BIGGS
 Former President CIDA & Professor in Global Public Policy, Queen's University
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GEORGE ABBOTT
Former Politician BC Liberals

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RICK GOLDRING
Former Mayor​
Burlington

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HARRY SWAIN
Former DM
​Federal
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​BERT PHIPPS
Former ADM Corrections

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JOY MACPHAIL
Former Politician
​BC NDP​
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JANICE BAKER
CAO, Region of Peel, and Former City Manager & CAO,  ​Mississauga​​
GAIL STEPHENS
Former CAO and
City Manager, Winnipeg and Victoria
DAVID LOUKIDELIS
Former DM
​Justice
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DR PETER CONSTANTINOU
Public Policy Practitioner Academic, York University​​
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BRIAN LAMBIE
Strategic Communications Expert​

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ORYSSIA LENNIE
Former Federal &
Provincial DM, AB

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AIDAN BUCKLEY
Media Expert,
​ Journalist
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BOB DE FAYE
Former DM Aboriginal Relations

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SCOTT THOMPSON
Former CEO IPAC​​

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ALLAN SECKEL
Former DM to the BC Premier​
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JAMES MOORE
Former Politician Federal Conservatives
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DAPHNE MEREDITH
Former DM
Federal​​​
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DR DAVID ZUSSMAN
Public Administration Professor, 
U of Victoria,
​U of Ottawa
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MATT GORDON
Media Expert
​  Former ADM
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CHRIS TRUMPY
Former DM Finance

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LYNDA TARRAS
Former Public Service Agency Head​
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RICHARD DICERNI
Former Federal &
​Provincial DM, AB
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YOUR IPSL FOUNDERS & CO-HOSTS

... a few words from your Co-Founders, Ingrid Bergmann ​& Mary Garden
WHY DOES THE IPSL PROGRAM MATTER?   

"We believe that mentoring and storytelling are very powerful ways to learn anything.  Accelerating knowledge transfer, supporting succession planning and fine tuning the skills of current leaders in government are all outcomes of great mentoring. A mentor's stories and experiences can truly help a leader reduce the ambient anxiety that comes from not knowing what you don’t know. 

By building greater expertise, confidence and courage among public sector leaders, we believe they can have an even greater impact on the work that best serves our collective social and economic needs. 

These powerful conversations with those who have been there on the front line, are structured  to support public sector leaders as they face increasingly complex and sophisticated challenges. 

Everybody wins when public sector leaders are at their best. Period. Their work has a deep impact on all of us and is vitally important to support.     ~  Ingrid & Mary
*Please note that the opinions expressed in Resource Room materials, or by any of the Mentor Presenters during the course of this program, do not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of Ingrid Bergmann and Associates Inc.,  The Public Sector Leader,  the Inside Public Sector Leadership: Practical Wisdom (IPSL) production team, or any other person(s) involved in the delivery, production or support of these programs. All materials and information on this website is intended for the sole use of registered attendees of IPSL only.  © 2020 Ingrid Bergmann and Associates Inc. ​​​