{"id":5288,"date":"2023-11-20T15:27:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:08:16","slug":"mpm-alumnus-takes-over-as-chief-of-staff-at-treasury-board-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/2023\/mpm-alumnus-takes-over-as-chief-of-staff-at-treasury-board-in-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"MPM Alumnus Takes Over as Chief of Staff at Treasury Board in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        MPM Alumnus Takes Over as Chief of Staff at Treasury Board in Ontario\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Kailey-Vokes-400x300-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Kailey-Vokes-400x300-2020.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Kailey-Vokes-400x300-2020-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Kailey-Vokes-400x300-2020-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Kailey-Vokes-400x300-2020-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/people\/kailey-vokes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kailey Vokes (MPM class of 2013)<\/a> was recently named as the Chief of Staff to the Hon. Caroline Mulroney, President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Francophone Affairs, in the Government of Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kailey was previously the Director of Partnerships at Infrastructure Ontario, Director at StrategyCorp and Director of Policy (Major Projects) in the Ontario Premier\u2019s Office. She had also worked with Minister Mulroney before, as the Director of Policy at the Ministry of Transportation and as Campaign Manager in the 2018 provincial election. An experienced political advisor at federal and provincial levels, this new leadership role comes at an important time for the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cServing as the Chief of Staff to a Cabinet minister in the Ontario Government is a privilege,\u201d said Kailey Vokes. \u201cThe professors, instructors and guest lecturers the MPM Program attracts to Carleton University provided skills and experience early in my career so that I was well prepared to take on challenging opportunities and leadership roles both in and outside of government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The job of Chief of Staff is a demanding one \u2013 as the most senior political advisor to the Minister, a leader and mentor for other staff in the office, the Minister\u2019s main liaison with the non-partisan public service, and a key contact for stakeholders. In a central agency, like the Treasury Board, the job also demands a birds\u2019-eye view of a government\u2019s policy and political agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be part of the MPM alumni community that continues to have such a meaningful impact for Canadians,\u201d Vokes added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is\u201d, said MPM Director, Dr. Jennifer Robson \u201canother terrific example of the success MPM graduates are enjoying and the contributions they are making to politics all across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kailey Vokes (MPM class of 2013) was recently named as the Chief of Staff to the Hon. Caroline Mulroney, President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Francophone Affairs, in the Government of Ontario. Kailey was previously the Director of Partnerships at Infrastructure Ontario, Director at StrategyCorp and Director of Policy (Major Projects) in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5291,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288\/revisions\/5291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}