New City League of Pittsburgh president & CEO embraces its legacy and shares imaginative and prescient

Carlos T. Carter has been selected as the next president & CEO of the Urban League of Pittsburgh.His roots are tied to the city as a Perry High School graduate and he says he benefitted directly from the work of the Urban League as a college student working in a fast food restaurant.”The Urban League impacted me personally because they gave me my first referral when I was in college to be able to connect me with a job at the hospital at UPMC,” Carter said.Carter completed his studies at CCAC, the University of Pittsburgh and Robert Morris University, as a business major, with his MBA earned at RMU.His career path has taken him into the banking industry, consulting and nonprofit as the head of the Homeless Children’s Education Fund.He embraces the legacy of the Urban League.”People don’t always appreciate the work the Urban League does. Again, it works behind the scenes. The Urban League, you don’t see in the streets protesting, the Urban League is working with the different powers and impacting policy locally and nationally,” Carter said.Carter takes on his new role Nov. 10.

PITTSBURGH —

Carlos T. Carter has been selected as the next president & CEO of the Urban League of Pittsburgh.

His roots are tied to the city as a Perry High School graduate and he says he benefitted directly from the work of the Urban League as a college student working in a fast food restaurant.

“The Urban League impacted me personally because they gave me my first referral when I was in college to be able to connect me with a job at the hospital at UPMC,” Carter said.

Carter completed his studies at CCAC, the University of Pittsburgh and Robert Morris University, as a business major, with his MBA earned at RMU.

His career path has taken him into the banking industry, consulting and nonprofit as the head of the Homeless Children’s Education Fund.

He embraces the legacy of the Urban League.

“People don’t always appreciate the work the Urban League does. Again, it works behind the scenes. The Urban League, you don’t see in the streets protesting, the Urban League is working with the different powers and impacting policy locally and nationally,” Carter said.

Carter takes on his new role Nov. 10.