David Wheaton currently serves as an economic justice policy fellow at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. David previously served as advocacy director at Texas Housers, based in their Austin office. In that position, David supported grassroots leaders across Texas and developed and advanced policies and practices that promote the purpose of the Fair Housing Act. David played a major role in litigation involving federal disaster mitigation funds, where the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs found that the State of Texas discriminated against people of color in their appropriation of federal funds. David was also heavily involved at the Texas State legislature, fighting for more affordable housing and tenants’ rights. Before joining Texas Housers, he was a staff attorney and legal fellow at the Capital Appeals Project/Promise of Justice Initiative, where he helped handle appeals for incarcerated
people on death row in Louisiana. Originally from Atlanta, David has a B.A. in Economics from Guilford College and a law degree from Elon University School of Law.