Changes in the senior ranks of the Nova Scotia Public Service (Dec 19, 2024)
On December 19, 2024, Premier Tim Houston announced changes to the senior ranks of the public service.
Compiled by Matt Campbell using OIC 2024 - 432.
Deputy Minister appointments
|
Name |
Previous role |
New role |
Changes |
|
Karen Gatien
|
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources; Executive Deputy Minister |
Deputy Minister of Energy; Deputy Minister of Natural Resources; Executive Deputy Minister |
Previous DNRR role split into two Departments |
|
Paul Lafleche |
Executive Deputy Minister |
Deputy Minister of Public Works; Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs; Executive Deputy Minister |
New responsibilities (DPW, Municipal Affairs) |
|
Tracey Barbrick |
Tracey Barbrick was appointed Deputy Minister of the Department of Seniors and Long-term Care in September 2023. |
Deputy Minister of Advanced Education; Deputy Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development |
New responsibilities (EECD, Advanced Education) |
|
Ryan Grant |
Deputy Minister, Advanced Education |
Deputy Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration |
New responsibilities |
|
Peter Hackett |
Deputy Minister of Public Works
|
Deputy Minister, Joint Regional Transportation Authority |
New responsibilities |
|
Jason Hollett |
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture |
Deputy Minister of Agriculture; Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture |
Additional responsibilities (Agriculture) |
|
Kathleen Trott |
Deputy Minister of the Office of Addictions and Mental Health |
Deputy Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care; Deputy Minister of the Office of Addictions and Mental Health |
Additional responsibilities: Deputy Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care. |
|
Christopher Shore |
ADM, Culture and Heritage Development, Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage |
Deputy Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage |
Elevated to Deputy Minister |
|
Kelliann Dean |
Deputy Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and Executive Deputy Minister |
Deputy Minister of Finance and Treasury Board; Executive Deputy Minister; Acting Deputy Minister, Growth and Development; |
New responsibilities: Acting Deputy Minister, Growth and Development |
|
Jennifer Church |
Deputy Minister of Communications Nova Scotia and the Office of Priorities and Planning |
Chief Executive Officer of the Office of Service Efficiency; Deputy Minister of Communications Nova Scotia and the Office of Priorities and Planning |
Additional responsibility for Office of Service Efficiency |
|
Byron Rafuse |
Deputy Minister, Municipal Affairs and Housing |
Deputy Minister responsible for strategic leadership on housing |
Narrower focus on Housing, which now falls under the new Department of Growth & Development |
|
Joanne Munro |
Deputy Minister of Service Nova Scotia |
Chief Executive Officer of the Office of L’nu Affairs; Deputy Minister of Service Nova Scotia |
Additional responsibilities for Office of L’nu Affairs |
ADM appointments
|
Name |
Previous role |
New role |
Changes |
|
Geoff Gatien |
Associate Deputy Minister and Controller, Finance and Treasury Board |
Associate Deputy Minister of Health and Wellness |
New responsibilities |
|
Janet Lynn Huntington |
Senior Executive Director, Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care |
Associate Deputy Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care |
Promotion to ADM |
|
Shelley James |
Organizational Health & Safety |
Associate Deputy Minister of Opportunities and Social Development |
New responsibilities |
|
Vicki Elliott-Lopez |
Executive Director, Municipal Affairs and Housing |
Associate Deputy Minister of Growth and Development responsible for strategic leadership related to housing |
New responsibilities |
|
Mark Peck |
Joint Regional Transportation Agency CEO |
Associate Deputy Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development |
New responsibilities |
|
Sara Halliday |
Associate Deputy Minister at the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. |
Associate Deputy Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage |
New responsibilities |
|
Cynthia Carroll |
Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Community Services |
Associate Deputy Minister of Justice |
New responsibilities |
|
Peter Geddes |
Executive Director, Natural Resources & Renewables |
Associate Deputy Minister of Public Works |
Elevation to ADM and new responsibilities |
|
Vanessa Chouinard |
Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Health and Wellness |
Associate Deputy Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration |
New responsibilities |
|
Robert Bourgeois |
Executive Director, Government Accounting |
Controller in the Department of Finance and Treasury Board |
New responsibilities |
Departing the public service
|
Name |
Previous role |
|
Ava Czapalay |
Deputy Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration |
|
Justin Huston |
Deputy Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage and chief executive officer of the Office of L’nu Affairs |
|
Elwin LeRoux |
Deputy Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development |
|
Loretta Robichaud |
Deputy Minister of Agriculture |
|
Chris Collett |
Associate Deputy Minister of Justice |
|
Peter MacAskill |
Chief Executive Officer of Invest Nova Scotia |
|
Fred Crooks |
Will retire in 2025 – Fred has been the Deputy Minister of Regulatory Affairs and Service Effectiveness |
Source: Order in Council (2024 - 432).