As Chief Operating Officer, Maria Antonakos leads all aspects of Allarta’s corporate strategy and business development efforts. Before founding Allarta with Dr. Stover, Maria spent 8 years at the world-renowned Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

With an eye towards diversity, equity and inclusion, Maria’s held senior positions at Roy Thomson Hall and the Canadian Women’s Foundation, where she established innovative programs such as Women Play BIG. She also serves as a Board Member of the Leacross Foundation that promotes economic independence to women and children with training focused on the STEM fields.

Maria holds an MBA from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University and a BA in Music from University of Toronto.