Acknowledgements
Writer
Jennifer Lees-Marshment
Web
University of Dundee Web Team
Supporters
University of Dundee Business School
Interviewees
Below is a list of the practitioners who agreed to be interviewed for this research.
This enabled me to harness and synthesize many valuable individual perspectives into an even more valuable collective wisdom.
In doing so they have contributed to making the world of political staffing better for those who will come after them.
Political staffers and advisers interviewed, 2022-23
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Advisers to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison
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John Kunkel, Chief of Staff Yaron Finkelstein, Principal Private Secretary Thomas Adolph, Acting Senior Media Adviser Reg Chamberlain, Senior Advisor, Strategic communications Damian Damjanovski, Senior Advisor, Strategy and Communications Sam Develin, Senior Policy Adviser Rachel Howard, Senior Advisor for Policy (Education and Women) David Hughes, Director of Strategy and Research Jacob Masina, Adviser, Parliamentary and Corporate Paul Ritchie, Senior Advisor, Speechwriting and correspondence Olivia Simpson, Assistant Adviser - Strategic Communications Daniel Wong, Director of Corporate and Government and Secretariat to Government Staffing Selection Committee |
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Staffers for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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Katie Telford, Chief of Staff Gerald Butts, Principal Secretary Ayesha Chughtai, Prairies and North Regional Desk Ben Chin, Senior Policy Advisor Dan Arnold, Director of Research and Advertising Dominic Cormier, Senior Fiscal and Economic Policy Advisor Gabrielle Cesvet, Senior Speechwriter Jeni Armstrong, Lead Speechwriter Jonathan Barry, Senior Writer Mathieu Bouchard, Senior Advisor for Quebec/Legal Ryan Adam, Prairie Regional Desk Adviser Simon Beauchemin, Manager Canada-US Relations Laura D’Angelo, Senior Manager Executive Office Jordan Deagle, Deputy Director of Communication Michael Den Tandt, Communications Advisor Rachel Doran, Policy Advisor Melissa George, Human Resources Advisor Emily Grant, Advance Geoffrey Hall, Deputy Director Executive Office Oz Jungic, Policy Advisor Jonathan Kalles, Quebec Regional Desk Jamie Kippen, Ontario Regional Desk Alex Kohut, Senior Manager of Research and Advertising Justine Leblanc, Advance Michael McNair, Director of Policy Tyler Meredith, Policy Advisor Zubair Patel, Director of Community Outreach Kate Purchase, Executive Director Communications and Planning Julie Savard-Shaw, Policy Adviser Benjamin Sparkes, Advance Liam St Louis, Public Appointments Marci Surkes, Executive Director Policy and Cabinet Affairs Alex Wellstead, Press Secretary Cameron Wilson, Public Appointments |
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SpAds for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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Simone Finn, Deputy Chief of Staff Danielle Dove, Business Relations Rory Gribbell, Education Policy Guto Harri, Director of Communications Alex Hickman, Business Appointments and Honours Oliver Lewis, Deputy Chief Negotiator and Brexit Adviser Stephanie Lis, Deputy Press Secretary Munira Mirza, Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit Andrew Parsons, Director of Photography James Phillips, Adviser on Science and Technology Rajiv Shah, Policy Adviser Nick Vaughan, Operations Michael Young, Brexit |
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Staffers for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern |
Mike Munro, Chief of Staff Sarah Austen-Smith, Deputy Director of Communications Rob Carr, Senior Ministerial Advisor Emily Draper, Communications Advisor Joy Gribben, Senior Press Secretary Leah Haines, Senior Press Secretary Julie Jacobsen, Press Secretary Mike Jaspers, Chief Advisor Strategic communications |
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Tim Gartrell, Chief of Staff to the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Georgia Goldsworthy, Chief of Staff to the Australian Labor Minister for Finance and Women Ben Rillo, Chief of Staff to the Australian Special Minister of State and member of the Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce Melissa Cotton, Managing Director in the Canadian Liberal Research Bureau |
Practitioners working closely with staffers on reform interviewed 2022-23
- Tim Abrahams, Assistant Secretary for Workplace Culture and Reform, Australian Department of Finance
- Lee Bridges, Director of Policy and Engagement, UK Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
- Annie Carpentier, Deputy Director Members HR Canadian House of Parliament
- Karen Chhour, New Zealand ACT MP and Parliamentary Culture Committee
- Pamela Dow, Founder UK Cabinet Office Government Skills Campus and Chief Operating Officer of Civic Future
- Rafael Gonzalez-Montero, Chief Executive, Parliamentary Service in New Zealand
- Kerri Hartland, Independent Chair of the 46/47th Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce in Australia
- Dominic Houlihand, HR Director UK House of Lords
- Linda Lapointe, Canadian Liberal Party MP and Caucus Liaison
- Brigitte Lemire, Program Manager, Member' Orientation and Training Program Revitalization, Canadian House of Parliament
- Jan Logie, New Zealand Green MP and Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Culture Committee
- Kim McGrath, Head of Member HR Service, Members’ Services Team, UK House of Commons
- Olivia Rankin, Director of Staff Support, Australian Government
- Taki Sarantakis, President Canada School of Public Service
- Angie Warren-Clark, New Zealand Labour MP and Parliamentary Culture Committee
- Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council Government of Canada