Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
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| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
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| Occupation | President & CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund |
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr. is an American lawyer, author and public speaker who serves as the President & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the national organization representing the country’s 47 publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Taylor also serves on the board of Gallup, a research-based, global performance-management consulting company, and the Board of Trustees of The Cooper Union, a privately funded college located in New York City. Since December 2016, he serves as chair of the Cooper Union Governance Committee and as member of the Executive Committee. Along with Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners Chief Information Officer and Cooper Union alumnus Eric Hirschhorn, Johnny co-chaired the school's search committee for a full-time president. Johnny was elected to the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami on May 5, 2017.
Taylor was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He graduated valedictorian of his class at Dillard High School in Broward County. Taylor, an Isaac Bashevis Singer Scholar and honors graduate of the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Science in Communication, went on to earn a Master of Arts With Honors from Drake University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence With Honors from the Drake Law School, where he served as Research Editor of the Drake Law Review and argued on the National Moot Court Team
Taylor was selected to lead TMCF in 2010. Prior to assuming the presidency of TMCF, 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. Before joining IAC, Taylor was a Partner in the McGuireWoods law firm; 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. Taylor has also volunteered his time to several non-profit/charity boards, including the Drake University Board of Trustees, the University of Miami’s President’s Council, the University of Miami's Board of Trustees, and the YMCA of the USA.
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