The leadership team guides the advocacy and operational arms of the organization under the guidance of OSTA’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer.
Advocacy Leaders
OSTA-AECO’s advocacy leaders are elected by their student trustee peers to advocate for and represent the interests of Ontario’s students.
Carter Peios
President
Dev Bassi
Vice-President, Public Education
Ruben Da Silveira
Vice-President, Catholic Education
Daunte Hillen
Chair, Indigenous Student Trustees' Council
Advocacy Interest Chairs
OSTA-AECO’s advocacy interest chairs are elected by their student trustee peers to advance specific pillars of the organization’s vision.
Maia-Sofia Adeleye
Advocacy Chair, Curriculum & School Community
Emily Esperanzate
Advocacy Chair, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Vianca Vacheresse
Advocacy Chair, Student Well-Being
Natalia Pitawanakwat
Advocacy Chair, Truth & Reconciliation
Operations Leaders
OSTA-AECO’s operations leaders manage the daily functioning of OSTA-AECO and support the advocacy arm of the organization in fulfilling their mandates.
Nieve Xiao
Vice-President, Communications
Sanad Bizanti
Vice-President, Events
Ololade Aje
Vice-President, Operations
Anya Guo
Vice-President, Policy & Research
Operations Support
OSTA-AECO’s operations support team enables the operations arm of OSTA to fulfill their mandate.
Jay Xu
Creative Services Coordinator