Staff

National Partnerships & Events

Senior Event Coordinator (on Maternity Leave)

Sandi Hancox

Executive Director

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Sandi is the VP Fundraising, at Childhood Cancer Canada, with over 25 years of nonprofit experience in community-based and national charities. Realizing her passion to support children and families, Sandi previously worked at the Children's Wish Foundation, where she was National Director, Chapter Relations and led them through the Imagine Accreditation process, becoming a Volunteer Peer Reviewer. Before that, Sandi worked with several organizations in New Brunswick and Ontario. Through various leadership roles and experiences, she has gained expertise in governance, strategic planning, coaching, staff management, fundraising, and volunteer engagement. Sandi is a dynamic collaborator and values the strength of relationships and building organizations to their potential. Sandi has a BBA from UNB (Fredericton) and enjoys travelling.

Angie Ramalho

National Partnerships & Events

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Angie is a fundraising and marketing professional with over 15 years of experience managing constituent engagement and stewardship programs including, integrated marketing campaigns in a start-up environment. Her experience working with some of the larger not-for-profit organizations in North America, including Hudson's Bay Foundation, Canada’s Children’s Hospital Foundations, Children’s Miracle Network, UHN Foundation, and Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, has exposed her to almost every facet of fundraising, including event management, sponsorships, stewardship, granting, marketing, and community giving.

Angie is driven by positive social impact and has led teams in developing and implementing cause marketing, cultivation, and engagement strategies. She has proven abilities in developing innovative sponsorships and programming within local and national settings. She loves building relationships and solving problems and is very excited to support the childhood cancer community.

Asha Lewis-Isaacs

Development Officer

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Asha is the Development Officer for Childhood Canada and brings 14 years of experience in the non-profit sector. Prior to joining the Foundation, she worked at JDRF Canada planning larger to small fundraising events, supporting families, and developing corporate relationships. Asha is an engaging and collaborative individual who looks forward to building relationships with Foundation stakeholders and the childhood cancer community. When she isn’t at work, Asha enjoys exploring new cooking and baking recipes, gardening, as well as planning her next memorable and adventurous trip.

Mike Smith

Event Consultant

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Mike has been engaged with the Foundation for over 16 years as a cyclist, volunteer and employee. For 10 years he was the event manager for National Kids Cancer Ride, which raised over $15 million in that time and in each of those years he was on the road with the team as they cycled across the country. Through his time with the Foundation, Mike has had the privilege of visiting all 10 provinces, every hospital in the C17 network, more than 300 communities affected by childhood cancer, and thousands of individuals. In his spare time Mike likes to cycle, golf, and hike with his wife Alice and has coached youth hockey for 20 years.

Nicole Smith

Senior Event Coordinator (on Maternity Leave)

Nicole is the Senior Event Coordinator, having joined Coast to Coast Against Cancer in 2017. She comes from a background in events as a graduate of the Humber School of Business Event Management program. She has work on a variety of events including the Inside Ride, Tour d'Epicure, and the Gold Ribbon Gala, and before joining the Foundation, the Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance and Clash Smash. She has a BA in Classics from Queen’s University where she was a Residence Don. In her spare time Nicole loves hiking with her dog and travelling. She recently summited Mt Kilimanjaro on her latest adventure.