David is the Director of Housing Stability for Hennepin County, overseeing the County’s work to make homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring. David has worked in the non-profit and public sector for more than twenty-two years across the United Kingdom, Cambodia and Minnesota. David started at a homelessness non-profit in his hometown of London. David held multiple positions – including working in the drop-in center – before designing and managing a national program that helped more than 8,000 people move into rented accommodation over a three-year period.  

In Cambodia, David worked with an international award-winning non-profit that engaged, empowered and educated youth who were living and working on the streets of Phnom Penh. This led to further work in international development, working with the Ministry of Education on improving schools for the most marginalized communities in rural Cambodia. Since moving to Minneapolis, David has led efforts to transform the homeless response system in Hennepin County with an emphasis on racial equity and elevating the voices of people with lived experience of homelessness. David led Hennepin County through its homelessness pandemic response, which saw unprecedented resources allocated and was recognized through multiple awards from the National Association of Counties.