Charles Allen is the Community Engagement Director for the Gulf Coast at the National Audubon Society, where his work focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion by enhancing Audubon’s reach to underrepresented communities in the Gulf Coast region. He is also a devoted member and minister of the St. Paul Church of God in Christ, located in the Lower 9th ward community of New Orleans. He is a native of New Orleans; He received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Xavier University of Louisiana and his Master of Science in Public Health with a concentration in Environmental Policy from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.