Anthony Bush

Anthony Bush is serving as the inaugural Chief Equity Officer for the Department. In his role, he has curated and developed all the training and equity work conducted by the department. His appointment underscores HSH’s commitment to ensuring equity within the homelessness response system.  As the Chief Equity Officer, he has developed a framework for achieving racial equity within the department and in the HRS to center our most vulnerable communities. His team Equity led the city’s first city internal racial equity training centering the subject matter of the department and establishing a baseline of cultural humility focused on systemic racism impacts homelessness at the National, State, and Local levels. The Equity office also supported the development of the strategic plan and highlighted goal area 2: Reducing Racial and other disparities as the primary focus of his work.

Anthony Bush is a Posse Scholar who attended Dickinson College as an American studies major with a focus on race, gender, and sexuality. In 2024 he was awarded the Posse Ainslie Alumni Achievement Award an annual award given by The Posse Foundation to a Posse alum who exemplifies leadership and success while giving back to the community.

Before his role at HSH,  Anthony was the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at St. Joseph’s Prep, an all-boys Jesuit school in the heart of North Philly. While there, he developed a racial equity strategic plan centering students, parents, alumni, and faculty engagement. His programming increased community members’ cultural competencies on issues of race, misogyny, sexuality, privilege, and oppression. He has dedicated his career to the work of anti-racism and social justice and continues to fight for equity in the fields of housing and education.