Ms. Diane McArthur

Member — Jurisdictional (Ontario)

Diane McArthur is Assistant Deputy Minister and Executive Officer of Ontario Public Drug Programs, appointed in June 2010. Ms. McArthur has been the Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for seniors’ issues within the Government of Ontario, and Executive Coordinator of Health and Social Policy in the Cabinet Office of the Government of Ontario. In her latter capacity, she supported the policy decision-making processes of the Cabinet committee that deals with health; social services; health promotion; francophone, women’s, and seniors’ issues; and was responsible for broader public sector labour relations. Ms. McArthur has held progressively more senior positions in several ministries since joining the Government of Ontario as a Management Intern in 1989. She has extensive experience in health human resources policy and planning for health provider training, education, supply and distribution initiatives, data and health information planning and analysis, health care provider negotiations, rural health policy, labour relations, and service delivery restructuring. Ms. McArthur has a Bachelor of Public Relations from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa.