David is recognized internationally as a social enterprise and social procurement thought leader, effective practitioner, and public policy architect. He has developed and applied innovative market-based solutions to complex social issues for decades with a focus on social enterprise and social procurement. In addition to founding Buy Social Canada ten years ago, David co-founded two landmark Vancouver social enterprises: EMBERS and Community Impact Real Estate, while also offering consulting and advice to countless others through Accelerating Social Impact and the Buy Social Canada Social Enterprise Certification. Many of these social enterprises, including MEMBERS, have provided goods and services on projects with CBAs across Canada. David was instrumental in the piloting of CBAs in Vancouver including at the 2010 Olympics and Parq Casino. David advocated alongside other community members for the City of Vancouver's CBA policy and supported his Buy Social Canada colleagues in the implementation of the CBA on New St Paul's, the first project to implement the CBA. Through his work at Buy Social Canada David has worked with local government, the construction sector and community benefit networks to advocate for and support the implementation of CBAs across Canada. David supported the research project "Voices of Industry: a Paradigm shift in CBAs" which included recommendations of greater collaboration and co-creation across key project stakeholders, and recently coauthored a chapter in The Role of Design, Construction, and Real Estate in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals focused on Achieving the UN SDGs Through the Integration of Social Procurement in Construction Projects. David has played a role in achieving a CBA on projects in Vancouver including the 2010 Olympics and Parq Casino as well as the development of the City of Vancouver's CBA Policy. David has worked to support the advancement of social procurement and CBAs at companys including Chandos Construction resulting in a voluntary CBA on the 1st & Clark development project in Vancouver. Dedicated outreach, recruitment, hiring and dispatch of equity seeking groups, Proactive strategies for job preparation, job retention and apprenticeship completion, Mobilizing and collaborating with stakeholders on new approaches to achieve equity, diversity and inclusion in construction workplaces, Collaboration with sector stakeholders on actions that result in more welcoming workplaces for diverse workers and oher leadership actions with measurable results. Through his work at Buy Social Canada David has worked to educate the construction sector on social procurement and community benefits, to develop policy and implementation frameworks that achieve real benefits for communities. David has worked with his colleagues at Buy Social Canada to develop tools for the construction sector including Social Value Menu's for CBAs and the CEB initiaves. David is recognized internationally as a social enterprise and socialprocurement thought leader, effective practitioner, and public policy architect. He has developed and applied innovative market-based solutions to complex social issues for decades with a focus on social enterprise and social procurement. David has advocated for social procurement and community benefit's policies at the Federal Government level, with results including the Federal Government's Social Procurement Policy and Infrastructure Canada's CEB. David has advocated for CBAs across all levels of government and through his work with his colleagues at Buy Social Canada has worked with municipalities including City of Vancouver, Surrey, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Peterborough to develop social procurement policies including community benefits in construction and development projects.