Gail Stephens accepted the role of City Manager for the City of Victoria in July 2009. As City Manager she is responsible for all city operations including Fire, Engineering, Parks, Planning, Corporate Services, and Sustainability. She was previously the Vice-President of Finance and Services at the University of Calgary overseeing the finance, human resource, information technology and health, safety and security of university operations. Prior to this, she was Chief Executive Officer for the BC Pension Corporation, one of Canada's largest pension administrators. In 2004, the Pension Corporation won the Premier's Award for Excellence recognizing the demonstrable shift to a client focussed culture. Prior to accepting the position of CEO in 2003, Ms. Stephens was the first Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Winnipeg (1998-2003), replacing a Board of Commissioners. As CAO she helped lead a diverse team of departments including Police, Fire/Paramedics, Transit, Community Services, Water and Waste, and Public Works to become one of the most cost effective city governments in Canada with a citizen satisfaction rating of over 92%. She was the City Auditor for Winnipeg before becoming CAO and has worked in both the private and public sector as Chief Financial Officer.

Ms. Stephens received the Manitoba Gold Medal for the highest level of excellence in the CGA Program and graduated on the Dean's Honour List from the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba. Most recently she was named as one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada and won the 2006 Peak Performance and Excellence Award. She was named one of Canada's top 100 CGAs.

John Dyble was appointed Deputy Minister to the Premier, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Public Service in March 2011. Before that he served as the deputy minister for Health Services and for Forests and Range. His role over the years has been to foster new growth in regional economies and help build the infrastructure that has opened up B.C. to trade and new prosperity.

John earned a B.Sc. in civil engineering as well as an MBA from the University of British Columbia and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Before joining the BC Public Service, he was a consulting engineer at Sandwell Swan Wooster where he worked extensively with the transportation sectors. As part of this consulting work he spent time in a number of countries, including Mozambique, Bangladesh, Cameroon and Turkey.

In 1989, John joined the Ministry of Regional and Economic Development and in 1993 he was appointed regional director for the Vancouver Island/South Coast Region of the Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture. John came to the Ministry of Transportation in 1997 as assistant deputy minister of planning and major projects and was appointed assistant deputy minister of highways in 2001. Before becoming deputy minister of Forests and Range in January 2009, John served as deputy minister for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.