Dennise Taylor-Gilhen

As Vice President of Community Impact, Dennise Taylor-Gilhen is responsible for developing and implementing strategies that support effective planning, resource investment, and partner and community relations that respond to Ottawa’s most pressing and complex social issues.

Dennise first joined United Way Ottawa’s Community Impact team in 2003 where for four years she worked closely with community partners on issues related to Mental Health and Addiction, Poverty, and Crisis, returning in 2015 to join United Way Ottawa’s senior management team. With many years of experience working in the social services and health charity sector, she believes that it is only when we hold important conversations with our diverse and inclusive community that we are able to work better together and achieve positive change.

Dennise has a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Ottawa, along with a Bachelor of Education, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan and in 2018, she became the first Canadian to graduate from United Way Worldwide’s Advance Leadership Program.