Charles King is one of the founders and CEO of Housing Works, a community -based, not-for-profit organization that provides a full range of services including housing, health care, mental health, substance use disorder services, legal, advocacy, and job training and employment for homeless men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic conditions. Charles is Co-Chair of the Ending the Epidemic Subcommittee of the NYS AIDS Advisory Council. Charles hold both Juris Doctor and Master of Divinity degrees from Yale University and is an ordained Baptist minister.