Our Team - GreenHouse

Tania Del Matto

Director of GreenHouse

Tania Del Matto has supported the launch of hundreds of ventures and has nurtured the entrepreneurial mindset of thousands of undergraduate and graduate students. Prior to her role at United College, she co-founded and operated a social venture with a national mandate to help organizations adopt more sustainable consumption and production practices. Tania is currently pursuing a PhD in Higher Education from the University of Toronto at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Her research focuses on how students assimilate the knowledge, skills and values gained through their social entrepreneurship education into their personal and professional identities and how graduates perceive their social entrepreneurship education in relation to their career choices.

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Erin Hogan

GreenHouse Programs Manager

Erin Hogan (she/her) first participated in GreenHouse as an undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo. She worked with the Multiple Sclerosis Society to improve accessibility to the Ontario Disability Support Program for people with episodic and invisible disabilities. Erin graduated from UW with a Bachelor in Knowledge Integration, specializing in Collaborative Design and Science, Technology & Society. Erin also attended the Westcoast Adventure College, where she earned a certificate in Adventure Tourism. Erin is GreenHouse's Programs Manager. She wears many hats and helps out with Social Innovators in Training, Changemaker Labs, and our classroom engagements. In her role, Erin manages many of the behind-the-scenes operations and nurtures GreenHouse's relationships with faculty and instructors, external partners, and student participants. She has a background and interest in experiential and place-based education and her favourite part of working at GreenHouse is watching students develop their confidence and skills as they make an impact!

 

Lily Viggiano

Senior Project Manager

Lily Viggiano is driven by a profound belief in fostering an accessible, equitable and just society for all.  As GreenHouse’s Senior Project Manager, Lily created and leads Changemaker Labs, a program that invites changemakers from across the Waterloo Region to come together and take climate action. This initiative is aligned with Canada’s goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 and operates an intergenerational participation model. In her previous role at the Halton Youth Initiative, she empowered over 300 young leaders to make meaningful community contributions. With a focus on developmental relationships and leveraging assets, Lily mobilized a dedicated group of adult allies that played a vital role in the project’s success.  A recognized expert in youth engagement, she was seconded by Volunteer Canada to develop a youth engagement curriculum for the Canada Service Corps. Lily has a Bachelor of Public Relations from Conestoga College.

 

Malak Sameh

GreenHouse Student Engagement Coordinator

Malak is a recent graduate of Global Studies with a specialization in International Development and an option in Social Entrepreneurship from Wilfrid Laurier University.  In April 2022, Malak founded Sporas Scattered to help uplift Palestinian identity within the Palestinian Diaspora youth community. As founder, she has hosted various cultural programs that have provided the Palestinian community in the Kitchener-Waterloo Region to connect with their roots. In 2021, Malak was awarded a fellowship from the Social Innovation Academy, deepening her understanding of social innovation and entrepreneurship while working alongside various social and environmental start-up projects. 

Malak looks forward to helping students discover their passion for social or environmental change and guiding them on through engaging with their target audiences.

Rosie Tait

Social Media Coordinator

Rosie is a fourth year environmental science student at the University of Waterloo. She is passionate about climate action and sustainability to create a greener future. Although working towards a Bachelor of Science, she has a knack for visual design and is an extremely creative individual. Always leaning toward creative roles, she has turned many boring infographics, reports and documents into visually stimulating and engaging pieces of work. Rosie looks forward to combining her love for creative work with her passion toward environmental and social change and is excited to be able to contribute to the GreenHouse community.