Carter wants to help
about the people he’ll work with as the Urban League’s president, including Pittsburgh’s mayor and the Allegheny County executive. While Mr. Carter will be working alongside the higher ups, he said he would be focused on being visible and listening to the Black community.
Mr. Carter has been serving as executive director of the Homeless Children’s Education Fund, a Pittsburghbased nonprofit that delivers educational services to homeless children. He was also a consultant for Holy Family Institute/Nazareth Prep and has worked in the banking industry.
Mr. Carter grew up in the Pittsburgh area.
“I faced many personal challenges, I grew up in a single-parent home,” Mr. Carter said.
“I’ve had a lot of good experiences but I’ve also had some bad experiences,” he added, “but I feel like everything, all my experiences in Pittsburgh, contributed to my being a grateful person, a downto-earth person, a person who cares about his community, a person who wants to help others.”
Mr. Carter said he didn’t meet his father until later in life, and his mother was his role model. He said she always gave the last of what she had to others in need.
He called his prior role at the Homeless Children’s Education Fund “the best job in the world.”
“It’s something that, although I’m not the founder of it, I’m heavily invested in it, and my heart is in it,” he said about the transition. “It was no easy decision, but I could not ignore this call to help make Pittsburgh livable for all.”
Mr. Carter will begin his role as president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh on Nov. 10.