Organization of the Department of Justice

The organizational structure chart provides an overview of how the Department is organized, and it includes the names of those who occupy key leadership positions.

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Minister, Hon Robert D. Nicholson

• Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, Susan O'Sullivan
• Deputy Minister, William F. Pentney
  • Associate Deputy Minister, Pierre Legault
  • Associate Deputy Minister, Lori Sterling
  • Head, Integration, Barbara Ritzen
  • Director General, Communications, Suesan Saville
  • Chief Audit Executive, Cheryl Driscoll
  • Chief Financial Officer, Daniel Schnob
  • SADM, Policy, Donald K. Piragoff
  • ADAG, Aboriginal Affairs, Pamela McCurry
  • ADAG, Public Safety, Defence and Immigration, Daniel Therrien
  • ADAG, Tax Law Services, Micheline Van Erum
  • ADM, Central Agencies, Sandra Hassan
  • ADM, Business and Regulatory Law, François Daigle
  • A/ADM Management, Joel Oliver
  • ADAG Litigation, Simon Fothergill
  • Chief Legislative Counsel, Legislative Services, John Mark Keyes
  • ADM, Public Law, Carolyn P. Kobernick
  • A/Regional Director General, Prairies Region, Paul Shenher
  • RDG, Northern Region, Lynn Hjartarson
  • RDG, B.C. Region, Bill Basran
  • RDG, Ontario Region, Carla Lyon
  • RDG, Quebec Region, Francisco Couto
  • RDG, Atlantic Region, Thomas Beveridge