Dedrick Asante-Muhammad became the President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies on March 11, 2024. The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that creates ideas to improve the socioeconomic status and civic engagement of African Americans. He previously served as Chief of Membership, Policy and Equity for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC).

As Chief of Membership, Policy and Equity, Dedrick oversaw Membership, Organizing, Research, Policy and CRA. In other roles at NCRC, he also oversaw Fair Housing, Fair Lending, the Women’s Business Center of DC, the National Training Academy, the Housing Counseling Network and started the Racial Economic Equity Department.

Dedrick comes from Prosperity Now where he was Senior Fellow and Founder of the Racial Wealth Divide Initiative. Before Prosperity Now, Dedrick worked for the NAACP, where he was the Senior Director of the Economic Department and Executive Director of the Financial Freedom Center. Dedrick has also worked for Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and the Institute for Policy Studies.

Dedrick serves as chair of the Board for Beyond Savvy, an organization focused on financial empowerment for the justice impacted.  He also sits on a variety of advisory boards, including Advancing Black Strategies Initiative, National League of Cities Racial Wealth Divide Initiative, Financial Health Network’s PULSE, Landis and Better Markets.