Broderick D. Johnson (born 1956 or 1957) is an American lawyer who served as the

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under President

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from 2014 to 2017. He is currently the Executive Vice President at

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and a former partner at

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. He also serves as the Chair of the My Brother's Keeper Task Force. Johnson was among the twenty-two highest paid

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staffers in 2014.

Education

Broderick Johnson received his

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from the

College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by educators Benedict Joseph Fenwick and Thomas F. Mulledy in 1843 under the auspices of the Society of Jesus. ...

in 1978 and his

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from the

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Career

Johnson began his career in the

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, where he worked on drafting legislation including the

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and the

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. He later served as chief counsel to the House Committee on the District of Columbia and as Democratic chief counsel to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. In the

Clinton administration Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following his victory over Republican in ...

, Johnson served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. In the private sector, Johnson was previously a vice president at

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and

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corporations. Johnson has practiced law with

and co-founded a strategic consulting business. Johnson is also an adjunct professor at his

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, the University of Michigan Law School, where he teaches government relations.

Personal life

Johnson is a native of

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. He lives in

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, with his wife,

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, and their three children. He has served as a board director of many groups, including Concerned Black Men, Project Northstar, and the

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