Tasha Noronha is a Partnerships and Operations Associate with the Grand Challenges Canada Foundation and is responsible for operationalizing the Foundation alongside the Director of Funder and Partner Relations. Tasha also supports the development and nurturing of key relationships for the organization with a priority on key funders, strategic partnerships and prospective new partners.

Tasha comes to us from the Every Woman Every Child Innovation Marketplace where she worked to communicate and amplify the success of the platform through strategic stakeholder engagement, event management and connecting innovators with complementary funding and partnership opportunities along their pathway to scale. Tasha also works with the Health Innovation Exchange Investor Coalition hosted by UNAIDS, which brokers deep relationships, funding and knowledge exchange between global health investors, agencies, experts and public health officials interested in the scaling and deployment of catalytic health innovations. Tasha is especially passionate about using process improvement and design thinking to create systems that truly work for all, and using the power of research, strong relationship management and meaningful storytelling to foster partnerships for future good.

Tasha holds a specialist Bachelor’s degree in International Development Studies from the University of Toronto where she concurrently fundraised and secured partnerships to support the work of nonprofits providing education and vocational opportunities to individuals directly affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency in Uganda. She has also conducted research on the stigmatization of women with epilepsy in Lira, Uganda and their barriers to effective healthcare. In her free time, she enjoys sampling food from around the world, travel and some good old fashioned play – because it’s our brain’s favorite way of learning!