Amanda Clarke is an associate professor at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. Her research examines digital era public administration, public data governance and government-citizen relations. She is author of Opening the Government of Canada: The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age and a research fellow at the Canada School of Public Service. In 2021 she was awarded a government of Ontario Early Researcher Award and is included in Apolitical’s list of the Top 100 Most Influential Academics in Government.

Taki Sarantakis has been President of the Canada School of Public Service since July 2018, having previously served as Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. He spent most of his career at Infrastructure Canada, including as Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy and Communications.

In 2011, he was awarded Canada’s Public Service Award of Excellence in Public Policy, and in 2013 he was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Prior to joining the federal government, Sarantakis was a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto. He holds a BA and an MA from York University in Toronto, as well as an Executive Certificate in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is a graduate of the Rotman School of Management’s Institute of Corporate Directors Education Program, holding the ICD.D designation.

Catrina Tapley, now retired, is the former Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (2019-2022). Prior to this, she was the Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office. Before joining the Privy Council Office, Tapley held a number of senior executive positions with the Government of Canada in various departments.

Ryan Androsoff is the founder and CEO of Think Digital, a consultancy focused on helping public sector organizations to adapt and thrive in the era of digital disruption. An international expert on digital government with a passion for public sector entrepreneurship and more than two decades of experience working in Canada, the United States and Europe, Ryan has partnered with the Institute on Governance since 2018 to lead its digital leadership programs.

Ryan was a co-founder of the Canadian Digital Service, a startup organization launched by the Canadian government in 2017 with the mission to help government build better digital services. An experienced and dynamic presenter, Ryan has received numerous awards for his leadership and expertise in digital transformation.

Stephen Harrington is Deloitte’s national lead of workforce strategy, and has been a writer and speaker on the future of work since 2011. He is the co-author of the Intelligence Revolution, a recent paper on the implications of the future of work in Canada. He has led multiple projects helping clients build new frameworks and capabilities for future-ready workforces. 

Charelle Evelyn is managing editor of The Hill Times. Raised in British Columbia, she graduated with a bachelor’s of journalism from Carleton University in 2008. Formerly a reporter with the Prince George Citizen, she joined Hill Times Publishing in 2016, where her previous roles included reporter and associate editor of The Wire Report, and deputy editor of The Hill Times. Charelle regularly appears as a panellist on CBC’s Power and Politics and CTV’s Question Period, and teaches journalism at Carleton University.