Kelli Cote has worked as an educator for over 30 years.  She has a passion for serving the under privileged and underserved communities.  Kelli has taught from K-8 in a variety of capacities such as Special Education teacher, Reading Recovery teacher and classroom teacher.  
Kelli has been an administrator both in the school and in a centrally assigned role which had the focus of working with students and families with special education needs.  She worked diligently as an voice and advocate for schools and for parents to help ensure student needs were met.

Kelli has held a variety of roles outside her work with the York Region District School Board.  She has worked with the Learning Disabilities Association of York Region as a Board member and has also worked with the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario working to develop their annual conference and develop resources to support school, parent and student learning. 

Kelli was also on the Learning Disabilities Steering Committee for the York Region District School Board.

Helen Hart started her career working with the Toronto Star Newspaper in advertising sales and marketing. She worked with clients designing and developing strategies to increase their business and sales. Within a few years, she was asked to work with the sales teams and develop curriculum and training materials and resources. Ultimately, she also delivered the training. 

It was shortly after this that Helen decided to get into education, as she had originally attended the University of Toronto to study education. She began her teaching career working with students in the classroom in a variety of grades. Soon, she was asked by Curriculum and Instructional Services in partnership with the Ministry of Education, to write curriculum. She found her niche and her passion and it was developing resources and learning materials. Eventually, Helen completed her Masters in Education in the area of Leadership and shortly thereafter, she attained her Principal’s qualifications. 

Helen went through the process of applying for administration with the York Region District School Board and she was successful. Her thirst for knowledge found her completing her Supervisory papers as she contemplated becoming a Superintendent of Education. Instead, Helen found her love of coaching and mentoring as many of her colleagues reached out for guidance and direction. For over 30 plus years, Helen has always kept education and learning at the center of all she does.