Charles Blain

Charles Blain is the President of the Urban Reform and Urban Reform Institute. Originally from New Jersey, Charles attended Fairleigh Dickinson University where he studied Political Science with a concentration on American Political Studies. He relocated to Texas to join Texans for Greg Abbott for Gov. Abbott’s first run for governor in 2014. Charles launched Urban Reform in 2019, and in 2020, Urban Reform partnered with the Center for Opportunity Urbanism to create Urban Reform Institute.