About The NISPA Executive
The NISPA is led by a team of parents from different CIS Ontario schools.
They organize and execute five member events per year and recruit schools to join the NISPA.
Domenica Coppa
Holy Trinity School
Domenica Coppa is a proud mom to three children, Charles (St. Andrew’s College 2015), Celina (Holy Trinity School 2017) and Erica (Holy Trinity School 2022). Domenica holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto and the ARCT (The Associate of The Royal Conservatory) Teacher’s diploma. She has volunteered at her children’s schools in many different capacities. She was part of the Gala committee at SAC and as a volunteer for the last 15 years at HTS, Domenica has contributed countless hours in various aspects of school life including Gala Co-Chair, Director of Events and most recently President of the HTS Parents’ Guild. She will be taking on the role of Past President for the next two years as well as serving on the HTS Board of Governors.
Domenica enjoys fitness, reading and travelling with her family. She is grateful for this opportunity and is looking forward to her new role on the NISPA Ontario Executive.
Tanya Giaquinto
Appleby College, St Michael's College School
Tanya Giaquinto, B.A.Sc; B.A., is starting her first year with NISPA. She has served on different boards including elementary schools councils in different positions. She has run with grade school parents Fun Food Fridays at St. Gregory School along with Wellness Day events for the Grade 7’s and 8”s. She was a registered dietitian for approximately 20 plus years creating and giving presentations on a variety of health and wellness topics in business and school settings. This also included food demonstrations on eating well and nutritional counselling. She retired from the profession to focus on other projects. Tanya has two children, her daughter Tamara attending Appleby College and her son attending St. Michael’s College School.
Krystie Robinson-Vincent
Pickering College
Krystie Robinson-Vincent, RN PhD, is the Past President of the NISPA and has been involved with NISPA for the past 5 years. She has served as the President (2018-2019), Vice President (2017-2018) as well as Communications and Social Media Coordinator (2014-2019).
She currently chairs the Staff Appreciation Committee at Pickering College and is the Food and Entertainment Coordinator for the Holiday Home Tour. Krystie also sits on the Gala Committee and serves as the Coordinator for the Entertainment Committee. She has chaired the Holiday Home Tour for 3 years and the Spring Luncheon for 2 years. In terms of other volunteer involvement, Krystie currently volunteers to manage both of her son’s Rep Hockey teams.
Krystie is a Professor in the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in Statistics, Pathophysiology, Research Methods, and the Life Sciences.
Krystie is married with two son’s aged 9 and 11 who have attended Pickering College since Junior Kindergarten. She loves spending time in the Outdoors, hiking, cycling, swimming, and loves to Travel.
Susan Ianni
Holy Trinity School
Susan Ianni has been part of the Holy Trinity School community since 2003. She is the mother of three wonderful daughters — Kristen (2015), Lauren (2018) and Isabel (2021).
She has had the opportunity to get involved in many areas of volunteering including grade parent for multiple years and grade levels, primary grade parent leader, family mentor, library volunteer, scholastic book coordinator, lost and found coordinator and heads the HTS clothing drive for the Philippines. For the past two years she has enjoyed being the Director of Finance on the Holy Trinity School Parents’ Guild.
Susan holds a Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and was a Chartered Accountant working in both public and private service for many years.
She enjoys staying active with curling, running and fitness workouts. She also loves spending time with family, photography and travelling.
Susan is excited to join the NISPA executive as Treasurer and is looking forward to working with a great group of people from different schools.
Jackie Sklenka
The York School, Crescent School
Jackie Sklenka is the Co-ordinator of NISPA's Marketplace event (formerly known as Interguild Suppliers Day), undertaking that role since 2017, having initially joined as a Member-at-large in 2016. Jackie, her husband, and family moved to Toronto from Perth, Australia in 2009. Prior to the move, Jackie ran a small public relations agency providing full PR service in the FMCG and events sectors. She has an almost 16-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old son who started at The York School in Grade 2 and Senior Kindergarten respectively. Her son moved to Crescent School for Grade 7 and her daughter is in Grade 10 at The York School. At York Jackie currently sits on the YPA Executive as Co-Chair of the Senior School, she had been a long-standing class parent representative and continues to volunteer for many school-wide events. Jackie is also a founding member of the York International Parents group and continues to be involved in the co-ordination of this social group. In addition to Jackie’s two children, she has a min Aussie Doodle called Hugo, loves being outdoors, spending time with her friends, meeting new people, traveling and working out at the gym.
Nicol Andrea Domingues
Sterling Hall School and Bishop Strachan School
Nicol has been a member of NISPA for the last two years and has recently joined the executive to help support the strategic initiatives of the association. Nicol is Past President of the The Sterling Hall School Parents Association and has been on the Parent Executive for the last three years in capacities such as Grade Representative Coordinator, Vice-President and President. She also supports the SHS Buddy Program which helps to welcome and onboard new families into the community. New to The Bishop Strachan School, she will join the BSS Parents Association in a grade representative role.
Nicol is also a SickKids Innovator, a program that engages philanthropists who are passionate about children’s health and well-being. She holds a Specialist Degree in International Relations with a minor in Spanish Literature from University of Toronto - Trinity College. She is married with three young children. In her spare time, she enjoys gathering with family and friends, reading, and travelling.
Jo Hanna
Ridley College
Jo Hanna is a proud mom to 4 children, Joshua (Grade 11), Matthew (Grade 8), David (Grade 5) and Mila (Grade 3), all attending Ridley College.
As entrepreneurs, Jo and her husband Greg, are invested in a number of diverse businesses in South Africa and Canada ranging from Real Estate Development to a Clean Copper Technology business in Canada.
Jo has been a dedicated volunteer at various Soup Kitchen initiatives through her church in South Africa, as well as an organisation called NOAH (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity), that provides education, medical assistance and nourishment for underprivileged children affected by the growing AIDS pandemic in Africa.
Jo stepped back from her involvement in business after their move from South Africa to Canada in 2015 to focus on settling the 4 children in their new country.
Jo started volunteering at Ridley College during that time as a committee member of Ridley’s Summer Festival, TigerFest and it grew from there where Jo then served as a New Family Mentor, Class Representative, Fund Raising Committee to eventually the Family Guild Executive Team. Jo has served on the Executive team for 4 years as Vice President, President and Past President.
Jo enjoys movie nights with her family, spontaneous road trips or any form of travel, exploring the beautiful Niagara Region, especially the wineries and of course, coming from South Africa, there is nothing quite like a Safari.
Jo is honoured to serve on the Executive Team of an amazing organization such as NISPA.
Open Positions
Member at Large
Members at Large are board members who do not have a specific portfolio. They contribute their time and experience to help the entire executive body.