Tina Tehranchian

Tina Tehranchian believes in giving back and improving the lives of her fellow Canadians through her volunteering, teaching, presentations and consulting. Since 1991, she has been advising individuals, families and business owners on how to implement advanced planning strategies to reduce income and estate taxes while at the same time increase their overall income. In 2024 Tina was appointed to the Order of Canada for having helped fundraise millions of dollars for various causes and having inspired philanthropists through her work as a planned giving consultant.

Tina is a much sought-after speaker and has presented at CAGP conferences, AFP Fundraising Day, the Financial Forum, CPA Canada, Wolters-Kluwer, as well as for such well known institutions as GE Canada, Professional Engineers Ontario and Centennial College. Her highly acclaimed industry comments and advice have been printed in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The National Post, Metro News and Yahoo Finance. Tina is also a frequent contributor to the Canadian Business Journal and Taxes and Wealth Management and has been featured on national radio and television shows such as CBC, CTV and BNN.

Her past achievements include having taught financial planning at Centennial College's Center for Entrepreneurship and receiving many community recognition awards such as the Ontario Volunteer Service Award, the Newcomer Settlement Volunteer Award, the Business Women's Network of York Regions award in the categories of literacy and philanthropy and community involvement, the Richmond Hill Board of Trade's business excellence award in the professional services category and the Senecans of Distinction Award. In 2023 Tina won the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation's inaugural "Janice Fukakusa 'Gambaru' Award" in recognition of her "outstanding commitment to improve the lives of cancer patients and their families at the Princess Margaret."

Tina is always actively involved within her community and has served as a governor of Seneca College, director of the Markham Board of Trade, Jewish Vocational Services of Greater Toronto, Mackenzie Health Foundation, Fort York Foundation, Art Canada Institute and as a trustee and treasurer of the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation, a trustee of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and chair of the McMichael Moonlight Gala 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017. She is currently a member of the Fundraising Advisory Board of the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation and has chaired ONE LIFE Gala in 2022 and 2023.