Eagle Empowerment, Inc.
Board of Directors
Our vibrant Board of Directors have been serving Eagle Empowerment, Inc. for numerous years. The board is committed to serving youth and families in South Central Los Angeles. We are excited to continue providing services that enrich the lives of our participants.
Read more about each Board Director.
About Us
Carol Houston, CEO
Carol Houston serves as Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Empowerment. In 1999, she envisioned students from the Watts community of South Los Angeles traveling, observing sights, and embracing education. Her passion for the success of students keeps her planning new and innovating tours for student exposure. She encourages students to see themselves as global citizens. Student participants are being transformed through travel. Children are eager to contribute to society under her leadership. Several are completing college and advance degrees as a result of their ability to travel outside their community. For over twenty-five years many Eagle
Empowerment Youth Tours crisscrossed the United States, explored
Liberia West Africa, Southwest Canada, and the nation of Belize. Carol is
thrilled the Student Advocacy program is presenting a robust Financial
Literacy Academy. She is energized to see students staying focused and motivated to succeed.
Veronica Oliver, COO
Veronica Oliver serves as Chief Operating Officer of Eagle Empowerment, Inc. She
is chairman of the Membership committee and responsible for the vetting of potential new board members. In addition, Veronica is the Task Group chair of Education Programs and Services overseeing all programs and constantly seeking out innovative services to offer students, as well as Task Group chair of Family and
Community Engagement with oversight of the Parent Advisory Council. Encouraging and empowering students through travel is a passion that expanded with sending her children on Eagle Empowerment’s first youth trek, Youth Tour 2000. Witnessing their growth, maturity, and development upon returning from
traveling across the United States, encouraged her to return to college and earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Management as an adult. Assisting students in the Watts community of Los Angeles and surrounding areas visualize success in life academically, financially, and professionally is a driving force to remain a viable asset in their lives.
Darrin Oliver, CFO
Darrin has been a social worker for over 10 years, and currently serves as Program Manager for a Permanent Supportive Housing program in Los Angeles County, where he assists in housing the chronically homeless obtain and maintain housing.
Growing up in the city of Compton, and attending church in South Central Los Angeles led him to a profession of service, and a keen interest in how to best advocate for the community, serving as Chairman of the Employment and Training Advisory Committee for the City of Compton CareerLink (2014-2019).
At 9 years old, Darrin was a participant in first youth trek of Eagle Empowerment, Youth Tour 2000, and also served as a mentor on Youth Tour 2005 and a chaperone on Youth Tour 2015 & 2019. The work of and mission of Eagle Empowerment continues as Darrin serves as an exampled of the good seeds the organization has sown over the past 20 years.
Currently, Darrin’s mission Chief Financial Officer is to assist in bringing the organization into the digital age, assisting in new initiatives to connect Eagle Empowerment with the neighborhood of Watts/Los Angeles, creating opportunities for elders to distribute wisdom through student advocacy, and connecting with other community-based organizations.
In his spare time, he enjoys photography, collecting and spinning vinyl records, and gardening.
William Walter Marshall, Secratary
William “Water” Marshall is a manager of Transportation Operations transit agency which promotes transit services for the entire County pf Los Angeles. This agency serves in various communities, schools and senior citizen communities as well as tourists visiting the Los Angeles and Orange counties tourist attractions.
Walter studied at LA Harbor College for Automobile Technology and California State Dominguez Hills for audio engineering and has a passion for inspiring children and helping others find their passion for life. As the Secretary of Eagle Empowerment, he feels privileged to serve on the board. His hobbies are building classic cars and assembling audio and video equipment.
Daisy Oliver, Director
Daisy has been a part of Eagle Empowerment's Board of Directors since 2009. She has served as the CFO in the past, and is currently the Strategic Planning Committee Chair.
Daisy has a Masters degree in Social Work from USC, and a Bachelors degree from UCLA. She has worked as a therapist to former homeless individuals and families at WLCAC (Watts Labor Community Actions Committee) and Admissions Officer of UCLA between 2008 and 2011. Additionally, she has served at Goodwill as an MSW intern with the Vice President of Workforce and Career development and as a Community Director for almost 11,000 residents living in University Apartments of UCLA.
My mission is to continue serving my community with passion and vision to empower youth with education, leadership, and technology. I am so grateful to God to be able to continue in my mission for excellence and serve in the organization that helped nurture me into a woman of vision, integrity, and trust in the Lord."
Azadeh Myers, Historian
As a new board member of Eagle Empowerment it's honestly an honor. I have the opportunity to give back to the organization that gave back to me.
I look forward to seeing how the children interact with one another and seeing how they they take the information is that being given to them.
Michael Moss
Michael Moss is a recent addition to the Eagle Empowerment Board as of 2024, where he currently serves as the Director of the Parent Advisory Board.
Michael currently is employed as a Maintenance Laborer for the City of Los Angeles Department of Sanitation, where he leads vehicle and crew assignments. Michael has a background working in the hospitality industry for more than 17 years.
Michael gives credit to his better half, his wife Denise whom he has been married to for more than 6 years for his inspiration to become more involved in the lives of youth, initially as a Sunday School teacher. “I love to encourage and be encouraged by the youth by communicating and being open with them.” Michael is actively involved in spiritual life, currently servicing as a Deacon for Bethel Unspeakable Joy Church in Los Angeles, CA.