Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human Dignity Award Breakfast

He served as an elected member of the Washington, D.C., Board of Education for nine years, and four years as a Member of the Board of Directors of the National School Boards Association with more than 90,000 members nationwide at the time. His distinguished career in public service included serving as a Vice President of the National Institute of Public Management while directing its Center on Social Insurance and Income Security. During this time, he also served as a consultant to the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Born in Henderson, N.C., he grew up in Washington, D.C., where he attended public schools during the implementation of the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision. He continued his higher education at Howard University, where he obtained both his undergraduate degree and years later graduated from the Howard University School of Law. He continued his Graduate Studies at the University of Southern California in Public Policy and Public Administration, and holds a lifetime teaching credential with the California Community College system. He is a past member of th National Bar Association.

Here in San Diego, Dr. Warren worked as a Law Clerk for both San Diego County Counsel and the City Attorney’s Office before being invited to serve as an Adjunct
Professor at National University, where he created and taught their Government
Contracts curriculum. He also taught Public Policy and School Law and Finance, and
served as a Member of the University’s Board of Trustees.

His established career in journalism includes both print and broadcast experiences. He is a member of the California News Publishers Association and a founding member of the Black Publishers Media Association in California. For almost a decade he was a weekly commentator of KPBS’s Editor Roundtable, he received Associated Press recognition for an earlier radio program he co-hosted with Rodger Hedgecock, and he and his late wife Gerri also produced and co-hosted a Voice & Viewpoint weekly television program. He is the co-founder of the San Diego County Black Chamber of Commerce and he and his late wife founded and produced the Gold Coast Classic which brought Black College and University Football to San Diego for nine years, while generating scholarships for local students. Several of them attended and graduated from HBCUs.

Dr. Warren is co-founder and Pastor of the Eagle’s Nest Christian Center. He served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army from which he has been honorably discharged for more than 50 years. He and his wife, Dolores, an author and historian, have five children and five grandchildren between them.