Derrick Johnson JD

Derrick Johnson is the President and CEO of the NAACP. President Johnson formerly served as vice chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, as well as state president for the Mississippi State Conference NAACP. A longstanding member and leader of the NAACP, Mr. Johnson has helped guide the Association through a period of re-envisioning and reinvigoration. Under President Johnson's leadership, the NAACP has undertaken such efforts as the 2020 We are Done Dying Campaign, exposing the inequities embedded into the American healthcare system and the country at large. As the Biden Administration took office in 2021, President Johnson led the charge in calling for a Cabinet-level position focused squarely on advancing our nation's longstanding issue of racial justice. President Biden signed an Executive Order establishing an interagency effort to eliminate systemic racial barriers and ensuring federal policies are rooted in equity, optimizing the well-being of all in public policies.