Cory Grandy was appointed Deputy Minister of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure on September 9, 2020. He began his career with the Public Service immediately following his graduation from Memorial University in 1999 with a Bachelors of Engineering (Civil). After a relatively short period in the Department of Works, Services and Transportation, Mr. Grandy spent eight years in the Department of Education in various positions such as School Planning Consultant and both Manager and Director of School Construction in acting capacities. In 2008, he took on the task of implementing the Provincial Solid Waste Management Strategy as the Director of Waste Management and later Municipal Infrastructure and Planning in the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment. In 2012 Mr. Grandy was appointed as the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Works Branch in the Department of Transportation and Works. Following a departmental reorganization in 2017, he became the Assistant Deputy Minister of the new Infrastructure Branch leading the Province’s infrastructure portfolio including the planning, design and construction of education, health and justice facilities as well as infrastructure in support of the provincial transportation system. In 2019 Mr. Grandy was appointed Associate Deputy Minister of Transportation and Works. He also spent a short but highly valued period as a Cabinet Officer with Executive Council.