Dexter King a Black construction executive with over 20 years of public and private sector procurement experience, including senior procurement roles with one of Canada's largest construction firms. In his current role as the Director of Procurement Services at York University, he is responsible for managing $250 million dollars of annual spend for the University. Dexter is a Certified Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP) with Supply Chain Canada and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute. 

In his role at York, Dexter strives to diversify the University's supply chain by considering how the institution's buying of goods and services can positively impact the social well-being of the surrounding communities, reducing poverty, promoting economic and social inclusion, supporting local economic development and social enterprise.