Chad Hartnell

Chad Hartnell is the Director of Operations of the Impact and Innovation Unit within the Government of Canada’s Privy Council Office. In this role, he leads work under Impact Canada, a whole of government approach to develop, refine and scale up novel public policy methods, such as behavioural science and outcomes-based funding (e.g., challenge prizes), focused on improving impact, accountability and value for Canadians.

Over his federal government career, Chad has worked in Public Health Agency of Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, Health Canada and the Privy Council Office. In these roles, he has worked on a variety of initiatives in the policy, legislative, and programming domains, including in healthy living/chronic disease prevention; Indigenous health, employment; social and economic development; and justice and public safety.

Chad holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Mississippi and Bachelor of Arts (economics and political science) from the Colorado College.