Donald Whitehead is one of the country's leading experts on Homelessness, Substance Abuse and Racial Equity. Donald currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. Donald is one of the co-founders of Racial Equity Partners and a Homeless Veterans Advisory Committee member for the Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs. Donald's career includes 28 years of service that has spanned every facet of homeless service from outreach to Executive Director. Donald has served on many organizational boards, including two terms as President of the National Coalition for the Homeless, two on the Board of Directors for Faces and Voices of Recovery, and two on the Georgetown Center for Cultural Competency. Donald served two terms on The State of Maryland Drug and Alcohol Policy Council, The Baltimore Ten-Year Planning Committee to End Homelessness, Donald testified before committees in the 107th and 108th Congress and provide written testimony on multiple occasions. Donald, along with members of the staffs of the offices of Representatives John Conyers, Julie Carson, and Barbara Lee and the staff of the National Coalition, directed the creation and introduction of the "Bringing America Home Act, the most comprehensive legislation to date to address Homelessness in America. Donald received a distinguished service award from the Congressional Black Caucus for his work on Homelessness. Donald received a second award of Special Recognition from Congress in 2008. In 2020, Donald verbal testimony to the United Nations. In 2016, Donald and team housed 300 long-term chronically homeless individuals in central Florida. In 2020, Donald personally housed over 200 unsheltered homeless individuals in Prince George County, Maryland, at significant personal risk during COVID-19. Donald has recently appeared on the Dr. Phil show and has been interviewed numerous times in the printed media, radio, and television. Donald has been featured on CBS News, ABC News, FOX TV, CNN, MSNBC, and many local stations. Radio appearances have included CBS Radio, NPR, The Tavis Smiley Show, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, local stations throughout the US, and stations in Great Britain, Germany, Canada, and Mexico. Donald has been a dinner guest of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Donald majored in Communications and minored in African American studies at the City College of Chicago, The University of Cincinnati, and Union College and University in Ohio. Donald served as a Journalist in the United States Navy. On a personal note, Donald is a stand-up comedian and actor. Donald has performed in six movies, multiple commercials, stage plays, and network television shows and has received a regional Emmy for a role in the movie Open the Sky". Donald lives with his beautiful wife, Tracy Whitehead, in Laurel, Maryland.