Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. travels the world extensively as a business leadership speaker and human resource thought leader and is frequently sought out by national and international media outlets such as The Today Show, CNBC, Reuters, HR Magazine, CBS Evening News, Time, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal for his opinion and comments regarding complex human resource and leadership issues facing employers.

Mr. Taylor serves as the President & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the only national organization to provide merit scholarships, programmatic and capacity building support to our country’s 47 Public Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 6 Historically Black Law Schools and their 235,000 students. With approximately 80% of HBCU students attending TMCF Member Institutions, TMCF’s work is critical to the country’s pipeline of talented Black college graduates.

Prior to assuming the presidency of TMCF, Mr. Taylor worked as a senior executive for IAC/InterActiveCorp – first as its Senior Vice President of Human Resources and then as the President & CEO of one of IAC’s operating subsidiaries, RushmoreDrive.com. Before joining IAC, Mr. Taylor was a partner in the McGuireWoods law firm and president of that firm’s consulting business; General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Compass Group USA; and he held several senior human resources and legal executive roles with Viacom subsidiaries, Blockbuster Entertainment and Paramount Pictures.

Mr. Taylor is the Past Chairman of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), one of the world’s largest professional associations with 235,000+ members in 130 countries, and has served on the boards of the Urban Leagues of Broward County and Mecklenburg County, the University of Miami President’s Council, Johnson C. Smith University and the Drake University Board of Trustees, and the National YMCA Employee Benefits Plan.

Mr. Taylor received his Bachelor of Science in Communication, with general honors, from the University of Miami; Master of Arts in Mass Communication, with honors, from Drake University; and Doctor of Jurisprudence, with honors, from the Drake University Law School, where he served as Research Editor of the Drake Law Review and argued on the National Moot Court Team. He is a member of the Florida, Illinois and Washington, D.C. bars, and holds a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification.