Education
A native of Kitchener, Ontario, Regan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Waterloo.
A native of Kitchener, Ontario, Regan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Waterloo.
Regan moved to Nova Scotia in 1984 where she began working at CFDR-Department of Administration and Management as a reporter covering municipal politics. This was followed by various media and public relations projects. She also serves as a judge for the Atlantic Journalism Awards.
In 2009 Regan successfully ran for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party nomination in the riding of Bedford-Birch Cove.
She was elected in the 2009 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Len Goucher. The riding was renamed Bedford in 2012 and she was re-elected in this riding in the 2013 provincial election.
On October 22, 2013, Regan was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia to serve as Minister of Labour and Advanced Education and Minister responsible for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women Acting. On July 24, 2015, Regan was given an additional role in cabinet as minister responsible for youth.
Regan has been active in many community organizations, serving as a library volunteer at Sunnyside Schools, a member of the organizing committee of the annual Bedford volunteer awards, as executive member of Ridgevale Homeowners’ Association, and as an elder of Bedford United Church. She is also a founding member of the Nova Scotia chapter of Equal Voice, a multi-partisan group dedicated to increasing the number of women elected in Canada.