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The Commissioner

Kelliann Dean, BPR MBA

Kelliann Dean Kelliann Dean holds the following portfolios as a member of government’s senior public service team: Public Service Commissioner, Deputy Minister of Seniors and Deputy Minister responsible for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women. She is also the deputy champion for GoverNEXT, a community of young Nova Scotia public servants. She served as Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage from 2004 until January 2010.

From 2001 to 2004, she was Vice President of business development for Nova Scotia Business Inc., the province’s business development agency.

Prior to joining the provincial government, Kelliann worked for 13 years at the Business Development Bank of Canada in Halifax and Montreal. She held positions in the areas of communications, public relations, human resources, marketing and business development.

Kelliann holds a Bachelor of Public Relations degree from Mount Saint Vincent University and a master’s degree in business administration from Saint Mary’s University.

Kelliann resides in Tantallon with her husband, Chris, two teenage children, Grace and Will, and their chocolate brown Labrador Ringo.