About me
DeWarren K. Langley, JD, MPA is an equity-minded community leader, student success coach, career development specialist, policy analyst, and strategy consultant. He is the Visionary & Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Foundation, Inc., which is a 501(c)(3) academic, leadership and professional development nonprofit organization. It provides a continuum of programs, service, and mentorship to educate, engage, empower and equip young men of color with the strategies they need to secure socioeconomic success by transforming academic policies and connecting them with professional opportunities to become high-results leaders. Mr. Langley focuses 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 assisted over 1,000 students with securing paid internships and post-graduation employment.
Mr. Langley is also a Black Male Achievement Leader-in-Residence Fellow with the Campaign for Black Male Achievement, As a Black Male Achievement Leader-in-Residence Fellow, he works to implement a collective impact model to enact sustainable systemic change through policy, programs and partnerships to cultivate a common agenda aligned with actions and measurable outcomes to remedy systemic barriers to allow all young men of color to have equal opportunity to lead successful and meaningful lives by connecting them to appropriate resources and supportive services to facilitate success. In addition, he works to inspire and recognize black male excellence throughout North Carolina by connecting and convening resources and fostering innovative efforts to expand opportunity for achievement.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management & Economics with a minor in Leadership Studies from Hampton University, Juris Doctor with a concentration in Civil Rights & Constitutional Law from North Carolina Central University School of Law. Later, he earned a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Government Administration and Public Policy from North Carolina Central University, and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University. He earned a Certificate in Mental Health First Aid from the National Council for Behavioral Health, and a Certificate of Completion in Technology of Participation Group Facilitation Methods from the Institute of Cultural Affairs. In addition, he completed the SPARC Nonprofit Board Training of the United Way of the Greater Triangle and Racial Equity Training I of the Racial Equity Institute.
