Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson has passionately worked with Educational Opportunity Programs in higher education for more than a decade.  He has served hundreds of young people in the Boston area, providing mentoring, tutoring and assistance applying to and enrolling in Colleges and Universities throughout the country and world.  In 1999 he joined the first in the nation, Federally Funded Educational Talent Search program to work exclusively with students with disabilities called Project REACH at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.  He also served as the Marketing Director for the Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Association (MEOA) helping to design and develop their first web site.

From 2007 to 2010 he served as Multicultural Educator - Program Manager in the Office for Cultural Diversity at Berklee College of Music.  In this role he was instrumental in developing student engagement and programming.  He also helped establish and co-chaired the Universal Access Committee, which has worked on developing a Universal Access Policy & Mission for Berklee.  In 2010 Kevin was promoted to Director of the Office for Diversity & Inclusion.  In this new roll he collaborates with many departments and student groups across the college to foster an atmosphere of access and respect for all.

Kevin Johnson received his M.A. in Critical and Creative Thinking from the University of Massachusetts Boston.