Dr. Brian Johnson

Former President, Independent

Dr. Brian L. Johnson served as the 8th President of Warner Pacific University (Portland, Oregon) from (2020-2025). Previously, he served as Vice President (campus president) Mercy College (Manhattan, NY, campus president) from (2018-2020) and 7th President of Tuskegee University (2014-2017). Most recently President Johnson has been named a 2024 (CIC) “Pioneering President,” an initiative funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation–Dr. Johnson is also a Post doctoral Mellon Fellow who was the first to become a president of an (HBCU) historically black college and university–to share insights to higher education about the experiences of presidents from unique backgrounds in transformational institutional environments. Dr. Johnson is the author/editor of 7 academic books including two on W.E.B. Du Bois and a frequent commentator on the life and writings of Booker. T. Washington.