David Love

David has been raising money, mostly for the environment, for 51 years. His current obsession is helping environmental and social justice organizations reap the benefit of the coming legacy tsunami.

After running WWF Canada’s fundraising program for 20 years from 1979 – 1999, he returned, part-time, to WWF from 2015 – 2018 to run their legacy program – a program he started in 1982.

In between, he worked as a consultant, did some leadership training for WWF International and ran The Living City Foundation for TRCA - now called The Toronto and Region Conservation Foundation.

In 2013, his colleagues in the AFP Greater Toronto Chapter recognized his efforts by awarding him their lifetime achievement award.

Far from marking the end of David’s career, this inspiring recognition spurns him on to be a better fundraiser every day.

He does that by continuing to put donors first.

Currently, he works one day a week with his daughter’s direct response company, Agents of Good, where he is affectionately known as “The Godfather of Good.”

David lives near the Love Mountain Nature Reserve in Happy Valley Forest just north of Toronto. He spends his time there with his wife, children, grandchildren and golden retriever discovering the magic of the forest.