Ana Paula Lopes (born July 1959 in

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), is a Toronto-based social innovator, speaker and entrepreneur.

Education and awards

Lopes holds a HonBA from the

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and has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) of Greater Toronto, Fundraising Volunteer of the Year in 2009 and was listed as one of WXN The 100 Most Powerful Women in

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in December 2013. In 2014 the President of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

awarded Lopes the Portuguese Order of Merit. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2011.

Career

Lopes has worked for over 25 years in senior positions in the public sector, as Legislative Assistant to Ontario Minister of Culture Rosario Marchese starting in 1990 and starting in 1993 as Executive Assistant to Ontario's 21st Premier Bob Rae. She began her career in the 1980s in public policy for the Ontario Government in the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture and the Policy and Planning Departments of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. Lopes is a Director of the Tapscott Group – a privately held business strategy-consulting firm. As a corporate director in the not-for-profit sector, Lopes has led numerous transformations. She is the immediate past chair of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation (CAMHF) – Canada's largest mental health and addiction hospital. She is a Breakthrough Campaign Cabinet Member which is leading a $1 billion transformation of that institution. She is the former chair of the board of directors of the

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, and a former director of many organizations, including Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation, Women's College Hospital Foundation,

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, Business for the Arts and a leader and mentor in the Portuguese-Canadian community. She is a Member of the Writers' Trust of Canada board of directors.

Personal life

Lopes and her husband Don Tapscott endowed the Tapscott Chair in Schizophrenia at the University of Toronto. Lopes is married to

Don Tapscott Don Tapscott (born June 1, 1947) is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and speaker, who specializes in business strategy, organizational transformation and the role of technology in business and society. He is the CEO of the Tapsco ...

, author of numerous bestselling books such as

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and

Wikinomics ''Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything'' is a book by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams, first published in December 2006. It explores how some companies in the early 21st century have used mass collaboration and open-source ...

. They have two married adult children.

References

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