Board of Directors
Nancy Kennedy (She / her / they / them)
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming
[Appointed October 2014]
Nancy Kennedy was appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming in September 2024. She was previously the Chief Lottery and Customer Officer at OLG, where she was responsible for leading OLG’s lottery business, which included developing new products and customer experiences while ensuring excellence in all of OLG’s front line customer facing operations. While at OLG, she also served as the SVP of People and Culture, and under her tenure, the agency was named one of Forbes magazine’s top Canadian employers.
Prior to her work at OLG, Nancy had a long-standing career in the OPS, where she served as a senior executive at several ministries and central agencies including Treasury Board Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Cabinet Office, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Transportation, Agriculture and Consumer Services. She has been involved in several high-profile policy files such as modernization of land-based gaming, beverage alcohol modernization, legalization of cannabis, transit funding and planning, municipal finance and healthcare strategy.
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