Recently retired, Judy Cavanagh was the Principle of The Cavanagh Strategy Group. Previously she was the Executive Director for Operations and Strategic Initiatives with the Office of the Premier and held a number of senior positions including Deputy Minister, Government Priorities and Deputy Minister, Women’s Equality. She has a very eclectic background acquired through working or volunteering, in the non-profit sector, with unions, in government and having had an international consulting practice.
Judy has always advocated for social justice, equality and workers’ rights as demonstrated by her involvement in the rights of farmworkers in the Fraser Valley; shepherding literacy programs in British Columbia; Co-op housing development in Saskatchewan; or in government developing policy and legislative initiatives that had major impacts on BC residents. She has also worked internationally with senior levels of government and public servants improving the skills and knowledge of governance in particular, government decision-making.