Dewarren K. Langley

About Dewarren K. Langley

A native of Durham, North Carolina, DeWarren K. Langley, JD, MPA is the Visionary & Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Foundation, Inc, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit academic, career & leadership empowerment organization that provides a seamless continuum of programs and services to educate, empower and support young men of color to navigate college to career, improve academic and career outcomes and remedy systemic barriers to black excellence to ensure all young men of color have equal opportunity to lead successful and meaningful lives. He is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day administration, programs, college outreach and strategic plan. DeWarren is a higher education professional with a focus on optimizing student academic and professional success through intensive one-on-one mentoring and high quality programs focused on retention, success, graduation and employment. He has excellent qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills to ensure programs and services are producing measurable results in student success. DeWarren has received numerous awards and honors for his work to improve the college and career success of underserve youth, mitigate juvenile delinquency, empower & engage youth local policy-making, end the school-to-prison pipeline, address persistent opportunity gaps faced by young men of color, improve community-police relations, increase affordable housing and expand job readiness training program.He worships as a member of First Calvary Baptist Church where he is active with the Young Adults Ministry, Male Summit Ministry, Project FINE, and Budget Committee.

Experience

1. Social Justice Fellow

   Center For Creative Leadership

   Mar 2021 — Present

   Selected as 1 of 65 fellows to participate in an 8-month leadership development program focused on 360 degree evaluations and self-assessments; executive coaching; small and large group reflection and planning exercises; networking events; site visits to historically significant civil rights sights; and lessons on movement-building and social change principles to equip high potential emerging leaders from the social sector to become successful executives and help their organizations’ achieve sustainable growth, effective program implementation and overall success.=> Strengthened workforce equity strategy and program to prepare boys and young men of color to enter and succeed in postsecondary education/training that leads to employment in high skilled, high wage, and in-demand occupations and economic stability and mobility.=> Developed and maintained an equity-centered ecosystem of structural incentives designed for workforce development policy to help shift patterns of income stagnation, occupational segregation, and labor market stratification toward a sustained economy in which upward mobility and inclusionary growth reinforce each other.=> Provided boys and young men of color with information, guidance, support and coaching needed to connect with and navigate postsecondary education, training, career-oriented options, job market and pathways to economic security

Education

• Durham Neighborhood College

  Certificate of Completion, City & County Government

  2007 — 2007

• Citizens Police Academy - Durham Police Department

  Certificate of Completion

  2008 — 2008

• Duke University

  Nonprofit Management Certificate

  2018 — 2018

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research Certificate

• University of South Florida Muma College of Business

  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate

  2021 — 2021

• Hampton University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Management & Economics Minor in Leadership Studies

  2003 — 2007

• The Institute of Cultural Affairs in the USA

  Certificate of Completion, Technology of Participation Group Facilitation Methods

  2008 — 2008

• North Carolina Central University

  Juris Doctor, Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

  2008 — 2011

• North Carolina Central University

  Master of Public Administration - MPA, Government Administration & Public Policy

  2015 — 2017

Skills

• Business Strategy
• Change Management
• Leadership Development
• Government
• Volunteer Management
• New Business Development
• Teaching
• Policy Analysis
• Non-Profit Board Development
• Interview Preparation
• Policy
• Non-Profit Leadership
• Event Planning
• Job Search Coach
• Fundraising
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Career Counseling
• Legal Research
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Business Analysis
• Career Strategist
• Strategic Planning
• Data Analysis
• Board Development
• Microsoft Office
• Press Releases
• Resume Writing
• Legal Writing
• Professional Mentoring
• Program Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Public Speaking
• Career Assessment
• Mock Interviews
• Team Building
• Program Development
• Local Government
• Board Governance