Denise Andrea Campbell

Denise Andrea Campbell[1] (born 1975) is a Canadian civil servant who is the executive director of the Social Development, Finance and Administration Division (SDFA) at the City of Toronto.

[2] Campbell has received numerous awards and acclamations for her work and activism over the years.

[3] Campbell is the executive director of Social Development, Finance and Administration at the City of Toronto,[4][5] which manages $11 million program to improve responses to mental health emergencies.

[6] In 2016, working with Mayor John Tory, she led the development of the City’s Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism.

In 2021, she spoke of how much work was needed to tackle racism and encouraged the city staff to collaborate with organizations that were already addressing problem before starting new initiatives.