on Mar 17, 2026

Drex Owusu joins HR&A’s Board of Directors

HR&A is excited to welcome Drex Owusu to our Board of Directors. Drex is a dynamic leader at the intersection of education, economic development, and civic engagement. His experience aligns with HR&A’s continued growth in Texas and our efforts to deepen the firm’s leadership and impact. Drex’s career reflects a consistent commitment to catalyzing economic opportunity and community development across public, private, and philanthropic sectors.  

 

As Chief Learning Officer at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Drex oversees the museum’s educational and community outreach mission to inspire minds in North Texas through nature and science. He leads a team of nearly 50 educators and professionals serving over 260,000 students and 1 million guests annually. 

 

Prior to joining the Perot Museum, Drex served as Chief Impact Officer at The Dallas Foundation, overseeing the Foundation’s grantmaking, community engagement, and civic leadership. He led efforts addressing the Foundation’s community impact priorities. He worked closely with philanthropic, nonprofit, and civic leaders across Dallas and collaborated with the Foundation’s donor partners to advise or direct over $70 million in annual community philanthropy. 

 

He previously served as Senior Vice President of Education & Workforce at the Dallas Regional Chamber, leading the organization’s efforts to equitably grow and develop the regional education and workforce pipeline. Before that, he founded and served as CEO of Brave Capital Partners, an investment company focused on catalyzing minority communities. Drex also previously served as Managing Director and Chief of Staff at Civitas Capital Group, a private real estate investment firm, where he led the establishment of the GrowSouth Fund to invest in southern Dallas. His career has also included corporate leadership and strategy roles at FedEx Office and Accenture. 

 

Drex serves on additional boards, including Groundwork Outreach, the Dallas Development Fund, Better Block, Dallas Housing Coalition, Education is Freedom, Impact Ventures, the SMU Simmons School of Education and Human Performance, Trust for Public Land – Texas, United to Learn, and Year Up Texas. He also chairs the Dallas ISD Bond Oversight Committee, overseeing a $3.5 billion capital investment in the district.