Rocco Rossi
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| Born |
February 6, 1962 Toronto, Ontario |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Occupation | President & CEO of Prostate Cancer Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Rhonnie |
| Children | 1 |
Rocco Rossi (born February 6, 1962) is the President and CEO of Prostate Cancer Canada, the leading national foundation dedicated to the elimination of prostate cancer in men through research, advocacy, education, support and awareness. From 2004 to 2009 he was the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. During 2009 he served as the national director of the Liberal Party of Canada. His political career included a bid for Toronto's mayor in the 2010 municipal election and a run with the Progressive Conservative Party (Eglinton—Lawrence) in the 2011 Ontario provincial election.
Rossi was born at Grace Hospital in downtown Toronto and was raised in Scarborough and East York. He is the eldest of five children and the son of Domenico and Domenica Rossi—Italian immigrants who emigrated from Anzano di Puglia, Italy in the 1950s. He grew up in a multi-generational household with family who raised chickens in the backyard and spoke mostly Italian. Rossi is outspoken on how language barriers affect newly immigrated families, describing his mother like a “prisoner in her own home" until one day offered free English classes from the United Way in Toronto.
Earning scholarships of merit, Rossi attended prestigious schools in Canada and the United States. He first won a scholarship to attend Upper Canada College (UCC), an independent elementary and secondary school in midtown Toronto. After graduating from UCC, Rossi studied on scholarship at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He later earned a scholarship to Princeton University in New Jersey, where he graduated with a Master’s Degree in Politics.
Rossi is currently a resident of midtown Toronto and has been married for 29 years to his wife Rhonnie.
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