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Staff Team
Allison Andrachuk
Project Specialist – allison.andrachuk@tidescanada.org
Allison provides project management and administrative support to projects in Western Canada. She joins Tides Canada following many years in a leadership role in the cultural sector where she developed community outreach programs, projects to increase organizational capacity and funding initiatives. She has significant training and experience in financial and organizational management and a strong background in management of non-profit organizations. Through her employment, self-employment and volunteer activities Allison has developed across-the-board operational skills and is deeply engaged in using these skills to strengthen the charitable sector.
Beth Weintrop
Client Services Manager – beth.weintrop@tidescanada.org
Based in Toronto, Beth is passionate about working with clients and partners to find creative solutions to meet their philanthropic objectives. She has worked extensively with individuals to fulfill their personal philanthropic goals through legacy, endowment, and current gifts. Prior to joining Tides Canada, Beth worked at Scotiabank with the Charitable Foundation Services team, advising and managing the administration of charitable foundations. Beth has worked in both fundraising and not-for-profit administration at Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation of Toronto, the Royal Ontario Museum Governors, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Kim Hardy
Program Officer – kim.hardy@tidescanada.org
Kim works with funders and grantees to find strategic philanthropic “uncommon solutions for the common good” with special focus on Canada’s West Coast and Northern geographies. She has worked extensively with First Nations, development corporations and rural communities on community-based economic development projects in BC and the Yukon. Kim completed her MBA in Community Economic Development at Cape Breton University after studying psychology at the University of Victoria and completing the Community Economic Development certificate at Simon Fraser University. She has been an active member of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network, participating on the BC/Yukon Council and is currently contributing to Genuine Progress Pacific as a Board Member.
Rachel Rocco
Client Services Specialist – rachel.rocco@tidescanada.org
Rachel works with philanthropists to plan their giving and support the organizations they care about. She also provides fundraising support tools to businesses, organizations and grassroots fundraising groups. Rachel’s primary focus is international giving — working with Canadian charities and Canadian donors who want to leverage their international support. The best part of her work is getting to know solutions-oriented initiatives that go to the core of complex problems, and she is most inspired by grassroots initiatives that “punch above their weight.” Before coming to Tides Canada, Rachel worked in the arts for over 25 years in many parts of Canada — as an administrator, artist manager, music distributor and festival organizer. She believes arts and culture are a great way to open the door to social change.
Todd Jaques
Project Specialist – todd.jaques@tidescanada.org
Todd provides operational and administrative support to a variety of projects in our food, water, and social inclusion focus areas. Prior to joining Tides Canada, he was responsible for the development of food-focused programs and partnerships at a member-driven provincial association. Todd brings significant experience in grant-writing, operations, and strategy to his work and enjoys applying both big picture and detailed approaches to managing TCI projects. He sees the operational capacity provided by a shared administrative platform as a crucial ingredient in the success of modern, grassroots, social change movements. Todd is crazy about food — talking about it, eating it, and thinking about how it shapes our lives.
Wendy Cooper
Program Officer – wendy.cooper@tidescanada.org
Based in Toronto, Wendy manages relationships with donors and partners to build bridges, support unique places, and tackle pressing issues. She has been an active member of the environmental community for over twelve years working for a government agency and charitable organizations at a national and community scale, as well as a consultant and a volunteer. Her focus has been on land and water stewardship but with a keen and growing interest in the intersections between the environment, arts, and community and social development. For eight of those twelve years, Wendy led the Georgian Bay Land Trust, a grassroots charity focused on engaging communities in conservation along the eastern shore of Georgian Bay and North Channel, as their first Executive Director.
