p. (225) 339-1176 e. darrell@brac.org
A native of New Orleans, Darrell L. Johnson, Jr. serves as Manager of Diversity & Inclusion Programs at BRAC. In this role, Darrell leads BRAC’s diversity and inclusion initiatives including providing business services, advancing corporate and workplace diversity initiatives, and pushing for reinvestment and redevelopment of underserved areas through the efforts of BRAC’s business development and quality of place teams.
Darrell joins BRAC from Louisiana Economic Development, where he served on the Small Business Services team and was responsible for repositioning Louisiana as one of the best places to start, grow, and sustain a business. He also supported and grew the LED Growth Network – an alumni network of over 500 Louisiana-based small businesses that employ over 15,500 full time employees and represent over $3.3 billion in annual sales.
Darrell has also worked within the live event entertainment industry managing new and existing relationships with major stakeholders for the ESSENCE Festival®, such as AT&T, National Urban League, Walmart, Verizon and others. He later worked within the city of New Orleans tourism industry, with the most notable project being the 2017 NBA All-Star Supplier Diversity Program, which focused on creating opportunities for local minority and women-owned businesses to participate in NBA All Star 2017 as suppliers of required goods and services.
Darrell received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Southern University and A&M College and earned a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University.