Emma McGarry Ware
Manager of Innovation, the Regional Municipality of Durham
Emma McGarry Ware, is Manager of Innovation at the Regional Municipality of Durham, where she leads initiatives that help the organization design and deliver better services through collaboration, experimentation, and evidence-informed approaches. Her work focuses on building innovation capacity across government, supporting cross-departmental problem solving, and helping teams co-design solutions to complex public sector challenges.
Emma leads Durham Region鈥檚 Innovation and Design Services program and has played a key role in advancing initiatives such as the Region鈥檚 Innovation Strategy and AI Design-a-thon. With a background spanning neuroscience, organizational development, and public sector innovation, she brings a systems-thinking approach to organizational change, helping government organizations adapt and evolve in the face of complex and rapidly changing environments.