Johnny C Taylor

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management. With over 300,000 members in 165 countries, SHRM is the largest HR professional association in the world, impacting the lives of 115 million workers every day. 

As a global leader on the future of employment, culture and leadership, Mr. Taylor is a sought-after voice on all matters affecting work, workers and the workplace. He is frequently asked to testify before Congress on critical workforce issues and authors the weekly USA Today column, Ask HR. He is also the author of RESET: The Leader’s Guide to Work in an Age of Upheaval. 

Mr. Taylor’s career spans over 20 years as a Lawyer, Human Resources Executive and CEO in both the not-for-profit and for-profit space. He has held Senior and Chief Executive roles at IAC/Interactive Corp, Viacom’s Paramount Pictures, and Blockbuster Entertainment Group, McGuireWoods LLC, and Compass Group USA. Most recently, Mr. Taylor was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. 

He is a member of the White House American Workforce Policy Advisory Board and is Chairs of the President’s Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He serves on the boards of the University of Miami, Jobs for America’s Graduates, the American Red Cross and Guild Education. 

In 2020, Mr. Taylor was named one of Savoy Magazine’s “Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America” and later that year received the Distinguished Executive of the Year Award from the Academy of Management. He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Illinois and Washington, D.C., and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources.