Langston Verdin
Building Relationships to Improve Health and Community
- Role
- Founder and Co-executive Director at Mke Freshair Collective
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Langston Verdin
Langston is the former director of Health Strategy at the City of Milwaukee Health Department. In this role, he led a dynamic team of staff which work to advance community engagement, systems improvement, and policy strategies. He worked to improve the health and wellbeing of Milwaukeeans and was focused on helping the Department meet its mission of advancing the health and equity of Milwaukeeans through science, innovation, and leadership.Langston is founder of MKE FreshAir Collective, a community-based air quality monitoring project which aims to use neighborhood-level data to influence environmental health policy and improve health inequities. Langston has over 18 years of experience in public health and is committed to creating environments where children and families thrive. He received his Master of Public Health degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Zilber School of Public Health with a focus on public health policy and administration and is an alumnus of Marquette University’s Future Milwaukee program.Langston has a passion for community and social justice and is co-founder of Milwaukee’s Summer of Peace initiative. Established in 2002, this youth led non-violence program has touched the lives of tens of thousands of children and expanded with an annual peace summit on Chicago’s Southside.In his spare time, Langston enjoys staying active…from the simple neighborhood walks with his family to playing in competitive kickball and paintball
Experience
Founder and Co-executive Director
Apr 2019 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US
A neighborhood-level air quality monitoring and responsiveness project that targets communities disproportionately burdened by disease and illness in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The goal of this project is to place air monitoring stations across the city to build awareness of what to do when the air outside is unsafe and advocate for policy change to improve health and well-being.
Education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
BA, History and Africology
1998 — 2002
Harvard Business School
Young Americans Leaders Program, Business
2024
Marquette University
College of Professional Studies, Future Milwaukee
2011 — 2012
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Master of Public Health - MPH, Public Health Policy and Administration
2016 — 2020
Skills
- Case Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Customer Service
- Website Development
- Strategic Planning
- Interviews
- Leadership Development
- Training
- Volunteer Management
- Diversity Training
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Social Media
- Event Planning
- Microsoft Office
- Public Relations
- Psychotherapy
- Career Counseling
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Healthcare
- Program Management
- Research
- Recruiting
- Staff Development
- Crisis Intervention
- Public Speaking
- Graphic Design
- Marketing
- Social Services
- Case Managment
- Child Education
- Adult Education
- Fundraising
- Coaching
- Child Welfare
- Program Development
- Team Building
- Management
- Organizational Development
- Nonprofits
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