Tony D’Oria has been a professional educator for 22 years and has worked for the Thames Valley District School Board, the York Region District School Board and is currently employed by the London District Catholic School Board. Tony was a secondary school teacher for 10 years before becoming an administrator. He has served as an administrator in both elementary and secondary schools for over 18 years. Tony has served as a member of Investing in Children’s Board of Directors for over 8 years.

Jacqueline Fortner is an associate lawyer at Lerners LLP practicing in Health Law, Plaintiff Personal Injury, and Insurance Defence. In her spare time, Jacqueline is actively involved in the community. Jacqueline serves as the Vice-Chair of the South-West Young Lawyers Division of the Ontario Bar Association. She is heavily involved in the London chapter of Kids Kicking Cancer, using martial arts to empower children beyond the pain and discomfort of childhood disease.

Eric Sorrentino is proud to be back as a member of our Board of Directors. He currently works for BMO and also teaches part-time at Fanshawe College's Lawrence Kinlin School of Business. Eric believes in giving back to the community he loves, while also having a passion for helping children and children's programs. He has deep roots in London, where he resides with his wife, and two teenagers.

Christine Giannacopoulos is currently working as a Superintendent of Student Achievement with the Thames Valley District School Board. She has worked in a variety of secondary schools and is currently responsible for the Saunders Community of Schools. In addition to serving both secondary and elementary schools, Christine has portfolio responsibilities such as Children Youth in Care, Student Success 7-12 and Secondary Curriculum. Her passion for student success has been the driving force behind her commitment and desire to work with organizations such as Investing In Children.

Todd Wilcox is a husband and father of two wonderful children - Josh and Courtney. He has been a passionate educator for 20 years. He has taught Gr. 3-8 in four different schools and has served as an administrator at three schools in the London District Catholic School Board. Currently, he is enjoying providing service to the St. Thomas More community and has recently joined the Investing in Children team. He is looking forward to helping bridge the needs of students with the opportunities that the Investing group is able to provide.

Andrew Horton helps leaders change their organizations and the world through better decisions. As the founder of an exciting new branch of Behavioral Economics—Causal Economics—and an award-winning technology marketing executive with more than 20 years direct experience making big impact decisions—his perspective is unmatched. His work is published in leading peer-reviewed academic journals and he is regularly called upon to make submissions and review those of other scholars. Andrew’s expertise is constantly in demand from top brands and includes work for a vast array of top brands such as Ceridian, Morneau Shepell, Fairfax Financial, Teknicor/Dell EMC, TD Waterhouse and CIBC to name a few. He holds an advanced economics degree from Western University and an MBA from The Ivey School of Business. Andrew is head of marketing at leading tech company Teknicor and a board member of Investing in Children.

Dawn Ruddick has been an educator in the elementary and secondary panels for almost 30 years, working in many diverse settings globally, and in Barrie, Toronto, and London, Ontario. For the past 12 years, she has been an elementary administrator with the Thames Valley District School Board, and now with the London District Catholic School Board. She is a passionate advocate for removing barriers to education in the most disadvantaged schools in our system. She is the mother of three boys, and has worked for many years, with her husband, who is also an educator, writing and delivering curriculum to secondary students across Canada, through virtual high schools.