Todd McBride
Director of Development
While not of Indigenous ancestry, Todd had the privilege to grow up in xwesam (Roberts Creek) BC, on the traditional and unceded territories of the shíshálh people.
Todd joined Lu’ma Development Management in 2023 as Director of Development. Todd joins LDM with close to a decade of experience managing the development of housing in Indigenous communities throughout Western Canada. He specializes in working to comprehensively understand communities’ needs and supporting them in finding innovative ways to meet these needs.
Prior to joining LDM, Todd worked at BC Housing for 4 years, leading the implementation of the Indigenous Housing Fund, Canada’s first on-reserve, provincially-funded social housing funding program. This involved fostering and developing relationships with all levels of government to navigate the various requirements for developing projects on-reserve to ensure that the development of housing that fits each community’s individual needs.
Todd holds a Master of Resource & Environmental Management (MREM) degree from Dalhousie University and Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) degree from UBC. He previously spent 4 years volunteering with the Urban Native Youth Association as a mentor with the Kinnections program.