Anne Marie D'Amico
Anne Marie D'Amico
Anne Marie D'Amico at a sporting event
Anne Marie D'Amico was an employee at the investment firm Invesco and a passionate volunteer for Tennis Canada who served as the committee head of Stadium Control. Her family remembers her as someone who had a, “generous heart and always did big things for people.”
Early Life
Anne Marie D'Amico was the daughter of Rocco and Carmela D'Amico who lived in Davenport, Toronto. Her grandmother also lived in Toronto.
Personal Life
Photo of Anne Marie D'Amico
Anne Marie D'Amico was well known for her kindness and willingness to help others.
Her family said :
“She wouldn’t stop until she went the extra mile for others and that was manifested in her loving attention to detail.
She genuinely wanted to care for all those around her even if it meant sacrificing a portion of herself in return for others’ happiness.
She only had kindness in her.
Education
Anne Marie D'Amico graduated from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance. D’Amico was known as a bright, hard-working student who participated in campus activities.
Jordan Becker, who attended Ryerson with her, said she co-chaired a competition for business students, and took part each year in frosh week.
“She was just the best,” Mr. Becker said.
“My memories of her – it was all smiles and fun times.
She was just always smiling.”
Career
An Invesco report from July 2017 shows Anne Marie D’Amico with a title of business performance management analyst.
In a statement, Invesco president Peter Intraligi confirmed that one of his employees had been a victim of the attack.
“Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with all those impacted by this tragic event,” he said in a statement.
Volunteering
Live Different
As an employee at Invesco, Anne Marie D’Amico took part in at least two tours in the Dominican Republic, near Puerto Plata. Working with the charity Live Different, which has in the past worked together with Invesco, Ms. D’Amico helped to build homes for families in need. “Everything from mixing concrete to carrying bricks and buckets of water and doing all that kind of different stuff,” said Dave Hamilton, the manager of school partnerships for Live Different.
“Every indication we have from different staff members is that she was fantastic on them.
Super-energetic and helpful.”
Tennis Canada
Photo of Anne Marie D'Amico from Tennis Canada
Anne Marie started volunteering with Tennis Canada for the Rogers Cup at the age of 12 where she would offer her services at various intervals throughout her life. She first started out as the ball girl, in which she was chasing balls between points at the matches.
She went on to become an integral part of the volunteer team, most recently serving as committee head of Stadium Control.
Anne Marie was voted volunteer of the year in 2016.
Tennis Canada said, she was always smiling, had the biggest heart and always put other people’s needs ahead of her own.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with Anne-Marie’s family and with all those impacted by this tragic event,” said Gavin Ziv, the Vice President of Professional Events at Tennis Canada.
“Anne-Marie lived for working at Rogers Cup and seeing her fellow volunteers each summer.
The tournament was such a large part of her life and we were so lucky to have her on our team each summer.
Her passion for Rogers Cup was contagious and we are honoured to let the world know what an amazing person she was and the great things she did for others.”
Anne Marie’s grandmother, mother, father and brother have all been volunteers with Rogers Cup and the D’Amico family have provided a combined 84 years of service for the event.
Tennis Canada also said, Anne-Marie will be greatly missed by the Tennis Canada and Rogers Cup family, who will make plans to honour her memory and service to the tournament at this summer’s event.
Death
On Monday, April 23, 2018 Anne-Marie D'Amico was one of the ten people killed in the 2018 Toronto Van Crash Attack allegedly committed by Alek Minassian. Fifteen others were injured.
Invesco's Canadian headquarters are on Yonge Street, between Sheppard Avenue and Finch Avenue, close to the nearly one-kilometre stretch of Yonge Street where pedestrians were struck with the white rental van.