Justin Laing

Justin Laing is the eldest child of Clarence and Susan Laing, the husband of Dr. Bonnie Young Laing, the father of three children and lives in Pittsburgh's Hill District. Justin was initiated into Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. while a student at the University of Pittsburgh where he majored in Black Studies and Political Science. Justin later went on to Carnegie Mellon University where he spent most of his time in the Masters of Arts Management Program before finishing with a degree in Public Management. Before going to The Heinz Endowments where he works today, Justin spent a more than a decade as a student of Mestre Nego Gato and taught for and managed his Afro-Brazilian music, dance and Capoeira organization, Nego Gato, Inc.