Eva Havaris, Senior VP, Tennis Development & Partnerships

Eva Havaris is a veteran executive leader in the Canadian sports industry.

A former Division I collegiate soccer player and coach, Eva earned numerous accolades, most notably being recognized as the Canadian University Sport women’s soccer MVP in 2003. She was later inducted into the Western Mustangs Hall of Fame in 2019.

Concurrent to her coaching endeavours, Eva launched her career as an executive in the Canadian sport industry and has worked at the provincial and national levels in sport. She joined Rugby Canada in 2006 and worked as the Associate Director of High Performance Women’s Rugby and Rugby Development Manager until 2010. She later went on to serve as CEO of two NSOs – Taekwondo Canada (2010-2014) and Equestrian Canada (2014-2017).

Eva was a member of the Executive team that launched the Canadian Premier League serving as the Vice-President of Strategy and League Operations and Chief of Staff for York United FC. Eva recently completed an appointment as the Executive Director of Alpine Ontario before joining Tennis Canada.

She is a member of the Board of Ringette Canada, the Chair of Ontario Soccer’s and Ringette Canada’s Nominations Committees and is a founding member of Ontario Soccer’s Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Eva holds a Master of Arts in Sport Management and regularly contributes to the leadership development of next gen leaders in Canada.