For over 20 years, Mr. Barry Johnson has been highly sought after as a business strategist, cultural and social influencer, motivational speaker, sales and marketing solutions strategist and an elite entrepreneurship consultant. Today, Barry mentors many of the nation’s top CEOs through his executive coaching program. In addition, Barry routinely advises entrepreneurs of both small and large companies on corporate strategy, millennial marketing, brand development, market expansion, sales growth, diversity and inclusion as well as social responsibility.

Barry is a published author, media contributor, and highly sought after keynote speaker. Barry’s passion is empowering people from classrooms to boardrooms and every audience in between. A Washington Post business editor stated “Barry Johnson is an entrepreneurial genius whose wit and strategic vision is nothing short of BRILLIANT”. With an extensive “who’s who” rolodex and an extremely large professional network, Barry is not only Wall Street savvy, but has established himself as a local and national political insider and influencer. Mr. Johnson focuses on helping people, businesses and brands go from where they are, to where they want to be. Barry’s clients have ranged from executives, entertainers, athletes, politicians, public figures, entrepreneurs, top producing marketers and aspiring business owners.

Barry Johnson practiced law as a corporate attorney for over a decade and was often referred to by his peers as one of the best and most brilliant attorneys in the nation. Mr. Johnson’s legal practice focused on a broad array of matters that involved assisting publicly traded, privately held and emerging growth companies of all sizes with raising venture capital, corporate transactions, mergers & acquisitions, non-profit organizations, structuring deals, drafting and negotiating joint venture agreements, professional sports management & marketing, entertainment law, white collar crime and corporate law. Mr. Johnson gained his extensive legal experience while employed by some of the largest, most powerful and prestigious law firms in the country including working for one of the most powerful men in the U.S., Mr. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld where Barry did Mergers & Acquisitions.

EDUCATION

Mr. Johnson received his B.A. from Winston-Salem State University with high honors; a Masters degree in Public Administration (MPA) from N.C. Central University; a Master of Arts (MA) in Political Strategic Management from The George Washington University; a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from The Kogod School of Business at The American University; and finally his Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Maryland School of Law. While at the University of Maryland Law School, Mr. Johnson served as an Editor for the Maryland Law Review. In addition, Mr. Johnson was published in the Maryland Law Review in 1997.