A senior partner in Invenire (www.invenire.ca), Ms. Hubbard moved to private consulting practice after a distinguished career in the Canadian public service where she served as Deputy Minister in a number of federal government ministries including, Supply and Services, Employment and Immigration, Revenue Canada (Customs & Excise), and as the Master of the Royal Canadian Mint. She was President of the Public Service Commission from 1994 to her retirement in 1999. Since then Ms. Hubbard joined the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa as a Senior Research Fellow and has been very active in advising on and studying the public sector management and the management of social systems in the public and not-for-profit sectors nationally and internationally. She is also a teacher, writer, and a professional coach of senior executives.

Ruth Hubbard is a past Board member of the Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management and is currently a member of the Honorary Board of Directors of the Public Policy Forum of Canada as well as various community-based voluntary organizations including Leadership Ottawa.

Ms. Hubbard holds a Master's degree in Mathematical Analysis from Ohio State University, a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Chemistry and Spanish from Queen's University, and has attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.