Sean Goetz-Gadon

Sean Goetz-Gadon was born in Toronto and lives in the “Little Malta” neighbourhood in the west end of the city.

Sean cares deeply about our city and has been active in Toronto politics since the late 1970’s. As a citizen he has served at City Hall as a member of Toronto’s Economic Development Committee and the Housing Standards Appeal Committee.

From 1985 to 1988 as the Executive Assistant to two Ontario Housing Ministers he was instrumental in rolling out several major nonprofit housing initiatives to create over 25,000 new homes in the province.

During the past decade Sean has worked as a senior advisor to Mayor Barbara Hall and Mayor Mel Lastman. He also assisted former Mayor David Crombie in the city’s quest to host the 2008 Olympics.

At the beginning of this year Sean joined Mayor David Miller’s staff as his Special Housing Advisor.

Through his work in Toronto these past twenty five years he has developed a unique and informed perspective on why talking to the City of Toronto is vitally important to the future of our city.

He is a graduate from the University of Toronto’s Urban Studies Program where he acquired his love of all things urban. In his spare time, when not with his family, he is the volunteer president of Raising the Roof Canada and pursuing his passion in jazz music as a director of the Toronto Downtown Jazz Society.