Aisling Gogan

Aisling Gogan is the Assistant Deputy Minister for Immigration and Workforce Development with the Department of Jobs Growth and Rural Development, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Since joining the provincial public service in 2000, she has held a broad range of executive and senior management roles across government.

Her previous positions include Assistant Deputy Minister of Evaluation and Accountability with the Treasury Board Secretariat; Assistant Deputy Minister for Prevention and Early Intervention with the Department of Families and Affordability; and Assistant Deputy Minister of Policies and Programs with the Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development. She has also served in key leadership roles as Director of Poverty Reduction, Cabinet Officer, Director of Career, Employment and Youth Services, Director of the Workforce Development Strategy, and Director of Research and
Planning with the Women’s Policy Office.

Aisling is an active volunteer, a recipient of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Public Service Award of Excellence, and an alumna of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference. Prior to joining government, she worked as a social program evaluation consultant and taught Political Science at Memorial University.