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Meet Your 42 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.
GEORGE ABBOTT
Former Politician BC Liberals

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INGRID BERGMANN
Executive Coach
Managing Director, The Public Sector Leader​
DR MATTHEW CHOW 
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President
Doctors of BC​
​NEW Season 6​
CASSIE DOYLE
Former Federal &  Provincial DM, BC
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RICK GOLDRING
Former Mayor​
Burlington, ON
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DAVID LOUKIDELIS
Former DM
​Justice, BC & AB
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DAPHNE MEREDITH
Former DM
Federal​​​​
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​BERT PHIPPS
Former ADM Corrections, BC
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GAIL STEPHENS
Former CAO and
City Manager, Winnipeg and Victoria
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CHRIS TRUMPY
Former DM Finance, BC​

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WAYNE WOUTERS
Former Clerk of the Privy Council​​​​
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OMO AKINTAN (She/her)
Chief People Officer, City of Toronto
​NEW Season 6
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MARGARET BIGGS
 Former President CIDA & Professor in Global Public Policy, Queen's University​
DR PETER CONSTANTINOU
Public Policy Practitioner Academic, York University​, ON
RICHARD DICERNI
Former Federal &
​Provincial DM, AB
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MATT GORDON
Media Expert
​  Former ADM, BC
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CAIRINE MACDONALD 
Former DM Environment​, BC
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JAMES MOORE
Former Politician Federal Conservatives​
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JAMES RIDGE
Former CAO &
City Manager
Burlington, ON
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HARRY SWAIN
Former DM
​Federal
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DALE WALL
Former DM Community & Rural Development, BC​​

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DR DAVID ZUSSMAN
Public Administration Professor, 
U of Victoria,
​U of Ottawa​
JANICE BAKER

​CAO, Region of Peel, and Former City Manager & CAO,  ​Mississauga​​
AIDAN BUCKLEY
Media Expert,
​ Journalist, Ireland & BC​ 
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JOY CRAMER
CEO
​Southern Chiefs Organization​, MB
NEW Season 6
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BOB DE FAYE
Former DM Aboriginal Relations, BC​

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BRIAN LAMBIE
Strategic Communications Expert​​, ON

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JOY MACPHAIL
Former Politician
​BC NDP​
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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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LYNDA TARRAS
Former Public Service Agency Head, BC
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ULLI WATKISS
Former City Clerk Toronto, Vancouver & Edmonton​ 
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CAROL BELLRINGER
Former Auditor General BC and MB​
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TABITHA BULL
President & CEO
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
​NEW Season 6​
MARIA DAVID-EVANS
Former DM  Municipal Leader​ AB​
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MEETA GANDHI
Director of Communications,  Diversity & Inclusion
Town of East Gwillimbury, ON
​NEW Season 6
ORYSSIA LENNIE
Former Federal &
Provincial DM, AB

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TRISH MANDEWO
City Councillor
​City of Coquitlam, BC
NEW Season 6​
ALISON PAINE 
Mediator & Conflict Resolution Expert 
Former ADM​​, BC
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ALLAN SECKEL
Former DM to the BC Premier​
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SCOTT THOMPSON
Former CEO IPAC
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DR JARED WESLEY  
“PRACADEMIC”
- a practicing political scientist,
​U of Alberta​
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YOUR IPSL CO-FOUNDERS 

Ingrid Bergmann is Co-Founder and Co-Host of the on-line mentoring program Inside Public Sector Leadership: Practical Wisdom
Ingrid Bergmann
Mary Garden is Co-Founder and Co-Host of the on-line mentoring program Inside Public Sector Leadership: Practical Wisdom
Mary Garden

WHY DOES THE POLITICAL ACUMEN MASTER CLASS 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. ​​​