Denise Andrea Campbell

Biography:

DENISE ANDERA CAMPBELL is Executive Director of the Social Development, Finance and Administration Division at the City of Toronto where she leads a team of community developers, funders, youth workers, researchers and policy writers to help make Toronto a safer, more equitable and just city.

Among acclaimed social equity work like the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism and the Toronto Poverty Reduction Strategy, Denise and her team launched the ground-breaking Toronto Community Crisis Service as part of Toronto's Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan, SafeTO.

Before joining the City of Toronto, Denise worked internationally on race and gender policies in numerous United National Forums and the African Union, and nationally, developing equity and community investment strategies. She's received numerous awards including Who’s Who in Black Canada, Women of Distinction and Harry Jerone Awards for leadership and service, and in 2021,was named one of Toronto Life's most influential Torontonians.

She is an avid media spokesperson, a former TV/documentary host, and an author and photographer. Her most challenging role came in 2018 with the birth of her twin boys, Zander and Zion with her husband, His Worship, Justice of the Peace, Bentley Springer.

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