Anne McGrath is the Principal Secretary to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.  She was National Director of the NDP from 2018 to 2024.

Anne has been actively involved in all levels of the NDP, federally and provincially.  She has been Chief of Staff to several NDP Leaders including federal NDP Leader Jack Layton and was a key strategist in all his campaigns.

As Chief of Staff, she is credited with professionalizing caucus operations and with helping organize the party’s historic breakthrough to Official Opposition status in 2011.  Following Layton’s untimely death she served as the National Director of the federal NDP and Campaign Manager in the 2015 election campaign.

She was portrayed by Wendy Crewson in the 2013 CBC film “Jack”.

McGrath was a key member of Rachel Notley’s transition team when the Alberta NDP formed government in 2015 and was a trusted advisor to Premier Notley in a variety of roles including Deputy Chief of Staff, Principal Secretary, and Executive Director for southern Alberta.

She has been a frequent commentator in the national media and has been identified as one of the 100 most influential people in government and politics in Ottawa.

She was the NDP candidate in Calgary-Varsity in the May 2019 Alberta election.

She is a Board member of the Parliamentary Centre and a Fellow and Instructor in the Riddell Political Management Program at Carleton University.