David Sauve was elected to Habitat for Humanity Canada's National Board of Directors in May 2016. He previously volunteered as a board member with Habitat for Humanity York Region from 2009 to 2014, serving as the chair from 2013-14. After Habitat York Region merged with the Habitat for Humanity Brampton-Caledon and Habitat for Humanity Toronto in 2014, David acted as the inaugural chair for Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area (GTA) from 2014 to 2016 and remained on the GTA board until June 2020. He was Chair of the GTA’s Build Finance Committee and a member its Land & Build Committee. On the national board, David was Chair of the Human Resources Committee from 2017-20 and is a past member of the Finance Committee.

In addition to his volunteer work at Habitat, David is a Vice President at Stantec Consulting, an international multi-disciplinary architecture/engineering design and project management firm. He is responsible for leading the firm's operations in the GTA and Ottawa, consisting of about 850 people.

David holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (Queen's University), Master's in Urban and Regional Planning (Queen's University), and MBA (real property development specialization) (Schulich School of Business). In 2014, he completed the Not for Profit Governance Essentials program offered by the Rotman School of Business.