Board of Directors

With the guidance and inspiration of our distinguished board of directors, we strive to break the cycle of poverty through education. Our board members passionately believe that an education raises income, provides security, reduces unemployment and improves health outcomes.

Charles Iyon Mitchell, PhD, Chair

Director of Special Projects

NC Department of Health & Human Services

Kenneth Webb, Vice Chair

Software Engineer III

NTT Data Services

Carmelo Montalvo, Treasurer

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Forest Devices

Rushdee Omar, MBA, Secretary

Administrative Manager

Duke Clinical Research Institute

Christopher A. Devalle

Performance Delivery Senior Manager

Fidelity Investments

Jonathan Jerkins, Esq.

Managing Attorney

Jerkins Family Law

Xaiver Lightfoot, Esq.

Litigation & Employment Attorney

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Frank Lewis, III, MS, PMP, CSM

Manager, Global Business Process

Red Hat

Brandon Northington, Esq.

Pre Litigation Managing Attorney

Price Benowitz LLP

Kyle Payne, MBA, MIS, CISM

Manager - Information Protection & Risk Management

Ally Financial

Brian A. Robinson, PhD

Assistant Professor of History

North Carolina Central University

Daniel I. Thompson, EdD, PMP

Senior Education Research Analyst

U.S. Department of Education

DeWarren K. Langley, JD, mPA (ex-officio)

Executive Director

Charles Hamilton Houston Foundation, Inc.