Warren Whitlock

Warren Whitlock is an internationally recognized policy leader with an exemplary record of accomplishment in government, academia, and in the private sector, including finance, construction, real estate, and transportation.

Warren is former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Army for Diversity & Leadership, where he delivered a modernized Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Plan. He also reengaged the Army’s Diversity Council, updated the Army’s 30-year-old policy for Equal Employment Opportunity, and coordinated efforts to deliver the Army’s first policies on transgender soldiers and religious accommodations.

As the Federal Highway Administration’s Associate Administrator for Civil Rights, Warren developed and advanced key Agency initiatives that served to transform the national civil rights landscape. He has also held leadership roles in the New York State Department of Transportation, the New York City Community Development Agency at the Empire State Development Corporation, and with Columbia University, advising the Executive Vice President of Administration on the internal and external community impacts of $8 billion in new construction. Warren began his career with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, where he served for four years as an education expert in Somalia.

Warren is an alumnus of Princeton University and Columbia University, where he studied as a Charles H. Revson Fellow. He holds life memberships with the US Army War College Foundation, the Association of the United States Army, and the Senior Executives Association. He has served as an advisor to the Institute for Federal Leadership.