Darlene Mathews is a distinguished human services consultant with over two decades of experience in transforming and revitalizing human services portfolios. Her expertise spans homelessness, diversity and equity, affordable housing, disaster recovery, and refugee resettlement. Her meticulous approach extends to critical content areas such as grants management, financial management, and organizational infrastructure. A Pakistani American raised in the deep South; Darlene is profoundly committed to the belief that access to the American Dream begins with secure housing. This commitment is deeply rooted in her unwavering dedication to the respect and dignity of all vulnerable populations. Darlene’s work is characterized by her innovative strategies and compassionate commitment to creating sustainable, inclusive solutions for the most marginalized communities. Darlene holds a Master’s in Public Administration and Urban Planning from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and a certificate in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from Cornell University.

Darlene is a leading human services consultant helping municipalities, states, and nonprofits in Housing, Homelessness, Disaster recovery & resilience, and Racial equity. Darlene has worked with communities to strengthen local governance, redesign large-scale federal programs, respond to public health crises and natural disasters, reorganize housing portfolios, and strengthen grants management processes. Darlene’s work focuses on delivering critical foundational elements needed to strengthen the systems and processes necessary to support programs and activities that provide housing stability. Darlene has served as the Deputy Director for Policy & Programs for the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness in Washington, D.C.