Ana Paula Lopes

Ana Paula Lopes (born July 1959 in Lisbon, Portugal), is a Toronto-based social innovator, speaker and entrepreneur.

[1] Lopes holds a HonBA from the University of Toronto[2] 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 Canada in December 2013.

[4] She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2011.

[8] She is the former chair of the board of directors of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra,[9] and a former director of many organizations, including Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation, Women's College Hospital Foundation, Trent University, Business for the Arts and a leader and mentor in the Portuguese-Canadian community.

[1] Lopes is married to Don Tapscott, author of numerous bestselling books such as The Digital Economy and Wikinomics.