Lisa Ducharme – VISS25
Associate, Telfer Executive Programs, University of Ottawa; Former Acting Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Intelligence Assessment Secretariat, Privy Council Office
Lisa Ducharme is an Associate with the University of Ottawa’s Telfer Executive Programs. She also teaches intelligence tradecraft through uOttawa’s Professional Development Institute and provides consultation services for national security and intelligence professionals through Human Potential Consultants, Inc.
Previously, Lisa spent nearly 37 years with the federal government in a career that spanned the defence, intelligence, public safety, law enforcement, and national security domains. She served in the military before joining the public service, accepting senior leadership and executive positions with the Communications Security Establishment, the Department of National Defence, Public Safety Canada, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Her most recent government roles were as Acting Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet and Director of Operations for the Privy Council Office’s Intelligence Assessment Secretariat. There, she led teams responsible for providing strategic intelligence assessments to the most senior levels of government, which included the Prime Minister, the Clerk of the Privy Council, the National Security and Intelligence Advisor, and the National Security Council.
Lisa Ducharme is an Associate with the University of Ottawa’s Telfer Executive Programs. She also teaches intelligence tradecraft through uOttawa’s Professional Development Institute and provides consultation services for national security and intelligence professionals through Human Potential Consultants, Inc.
Previously, Lisa spent nearly 37 years with the federal government in a career that spanned the defence, intelligence, public safety, law enforcement, and national security domains. She served in the military before joining the public service, accepting senior leadership and executive positions with the Communications Security Establishment, the Department of National Defence, Public Safety Canada, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Her most recent government roles were as Acting Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet and Director of Operations for the Privy Council Office’s Intelligence Assessment Secretariat. There, she led teams responsible for providing strategic intelligence assessments to the most senior levels of government, which included the Prime Minister, the Clerk of the Privy Council, the National Security and Intelligence Advisor, and the National Security Council.
